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Showing 361370 of 27570 articles for Art. Aut. conc. n° 09-DCC-73 du 9 Dec 2009

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (French National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety)

Article R5141-96

…ctor General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail shall inform the European Medicines Agency, the other Member States of the European Union…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (French National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety)

Article R5141-95

…ctor General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail may ask veterinary pharmacovigilance centres to carry out veterinary pharmacovigilance in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (French National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety)

Article R5141-94

The Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail is responsible for implementing the national veterinary pharmacovigilance system. It leads and coordinate…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO THE AUTHORITIES GOVERNED BY ARTICLE 73 OF THE CONSTITUTION AND TO SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON

Article R651-9

…eleted; 2° Article R. 614-1 is not applicable; 3° In Article R. 615-2, the words: "and the transfer decision provided for in Article L. 572-1" are deleted; 4° In Article R. 621-2, the words: "Subject…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Chapter VI: The Martinique Economic, Social, Environmental, Cultural and Education Council

Article R7226-9

The Chairman of the Economic, Social, Environmental, Cultural and Education Council and the members of the Bureau shall be elected under the conditions laid down in the Council's Rules of Procedure fo…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Scope of application

Article 995

…ticle 1000 ;2° Insurance benefiting, under exceptional provisions, from exemption from registration duties ;3° Insurance contracts on bodies, transported goods and carrier's civil liability, merchant…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Property wealth tax

Article 971

…7 of the Monetary and Financial Code are included, for the value of the assets mentioned in Article 965 which are the subject of the contract assessed at 1 January of the tax year, after deduction of…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter I: High-level sport

Article L221-9

Article L. 331-6 of the Education Code sets out the rules governing the preparation of pupils in secondary education establishments with a view to practising sporting excellence, reaching the highest…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L122-9

Any private individual who exclusively or jointly controls a sports company or exercises significant influence over it, within the meaning ofArticle L.233-17-2 of the French Commercial Code, is prohib…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Distribution of tasks and responsibilities between the State and the Regions

Article L114-9

…in categories of State personnel in establishments under the jurisdiction of the regions are set by decree in the Council of State.

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