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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Etablissements publics de coopération intercommunale dotés d'une fiscalité propre.

Article L5211-28-1

From 2004, public establishments of inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status receive a compensation grant equal to the amounts due in respect of 2003 pursuant to I of D of article 44 of t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10a: Parallel distribution

Article R5121-136-1

…ion notification issued by the European Medicines Agency pursuant to Article 57 o of Regulation 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 laying down Community procedures…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Capital increases.

Article L225-147-1

…ed to in Article L. 228-1 or money market instruments, within the meaning of Article 4 of Directive 2004/39/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 on markets in financial in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Online sales of corrective lenses and corrective ocular contact lenses

Article R4362-14

…cedure provided for in Article L. 5212-2 ; 3° The information provided for in Article 19 of Law No. 2004-575 of 21 June 2004, both for the company in charge of the distance-selling activity and for th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Slaughter health fees

Article 302 bis R

A decree sets out the conditions for application of

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Obligations relating to insider lists

Article L451-4

…the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Directives 2003/124/ EC, 2003/125/ EC and 2004/72/ EC, as amended by Regulation (EU) 2019/2115 of the European Parliament and of the Council o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Injunctions, emergency measures and other measures

Article L621-13-5

…notice provided for in I of this Article to the persons mentioned in 2 of I of Article 6 of Law no. 2004-575 of 21 June 2004 for confidence in the digital economy, by any means capable of establishing…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article L3334-1

…ng to the reductions in allocations to be provided for in 2023 pursuant to Article 199-1 of Law no. 2004-809 of 13 August 2004 relating to local freedoms and responsibilities. In 2017, this amount is…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Public health establishments in Mayotte

Article L6414-2

…rence "L. 6416-2";6° In Article L. 6143-7, the words: ", partnership contracts pursuant toOrder No. 2004-559 of 17 June 2004 on partnership contracts" are deleted, the reference: "L. 6145-1" is replac…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3°: Buildings financed by state-subsidised loans

Article 1384 C

…mption period is extended to twenty-five years if the grant or loan decision is made between 1 July 2004 and 31 December 2026. The exemption provided for in this paragraph does not apply to housing ac…

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