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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: European patents

Article R614-20

The provisions of articles R. 411-19 to R. 411-26 and R. 618-1 to R. 618-3 are applicable to the decisions, notification and time limits provided for in articles R. 614-1 to R. 614-19.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 7: Priority question of constitutionality

Article R*532-60

…may be asserted without application of Article R. 532-12 and the second paragraph of Article R. 532-26.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to Mayotte

Article L441-8

…1-11, L. 421-14, L. 421-22, L. 422-10, L. 422-11, L. 422-12, L. 422-14, L. 424-9, L. 424-11 and L. 426-11 and the provisions relating to the resident's card, only authorise residence on the territory…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Import and export

Article R5121-120

…he name or corporate name and address of the establishment authorised under Article 40 of Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001 on the Community code re…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-123-9

…nd address of the establishment authorised under 1° of Article R. 5142-1 or Article 44 of Directive 2001/82/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001, as amended, on the Comm…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Overall operating grant

Article L1613-5

…lable to trade union organisations, under the conditions set out in article 100 of law no. 84-53 of 26 January 1984 on the statutory provisions relating to the local civil service, are reimbursed for…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board

Article L22-10-19

…in Article L. 225-63, is carried out in accordance with the conditions set out in article L. 22-10-26.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section XIII: Social security levies on gaming and betting collected for the benefit of various bodies contributing to the financing of social protection

Article 1609 quatertricies

…ith the provisions of the articles L. 137-20, L. 137-21, L. 137-22, L. 137-23, L. 137-25 and L. 137-26 of the Social Security Code.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Companies or organisations exploiting a medicinal product or a product mentioned in Article R. 5121-150

Article R5121-169

…the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use referred to in Article 56 of Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council or to the coordination group referred to in Ar…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of taxable income

Article 80 nonies

…shares allocated to employees of sociétés anonymes à participation ouvrière governed by the law of 26 April 1917 are subject to income tax according to the rules applicable to salaries and wages. Thi…

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