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Showing 17111720 of 27387 articles for Art. Aut. conc. n° 14-DCC-167 du 13 Nov 2014

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial and accounting provisions

Article L5217-13

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V BIS : General provisions

Article R249-13

I.-May access information recorded in the processing provided for in article R. 249-9 : 1° Judges and public prosecutors practising in all courts of first instance, appeal and cassation for the sole p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Powers of the overseas regions in relation to economic development and regional planning

Article L4433-14-1

…perty and obligations of the public administrative establishment may be transferred to the public industrial and commercial establishment, on the date of its creation, under the conditions provided fo…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Property tax on undeveloped land

Article 1395 B

…and their groupings with their own tax system taken pursuant to article 81 of the 1990 finance law (n° 89-935 of 29 December 1989) are applicable under the conditions set out in the first paragraph. I…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-131

…ctor General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail will notify the applicant of his decision within one hundred and twenty days from the dat…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
16° : Real estate investment companies and real estate management companies

Article 139 ter

…of 15 March 1963; 2° By management property companies governed by article 1 of decree no. 63-683 of 13 July 1963.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R5121-139

…ining some of the above information, as well as other information compatible with the summary of product characteristics. This information must be useful for patients and must not be promotional in na…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-136

…ctor General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail where it appears : 1° That there is one or more immunological veterinary medicinal produc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: National cosmetovigilance system

Article R5131-13

…de la Concurrence et de la Répression des Fraudes communicates to the Agence Nationale de Sécurité du Médicament et des Produits de Santé the declarations of serious undesirable effects brought to it…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and supervision of the profession.

Article L821-13

I.-The statutory auditor shall perform his duties in accordance with the international auditing standards adopted by the European Commission under the conditions defined by Article 26 of Directive 200…

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