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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Distribution and supply of labile blood products

Article R1221-20-1

To be authorised, a blood depot must meet the following conditions: 1° Have an organisation and resources enabling it to carry out its activities in accordance with the procedures defined by order of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tax on the profits of companies and other legal entities

Article 209-0 B

…rcised at the latest in respect of a financial year ended or a tax period closed before 1st January 2005. For companies that were eligible before 1 January 2007 and have not opted in, the option provi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Approval and authorisation

Article R532-15

I. - Before attaching special conditions to an authorisation, granting an authorisation to acquire a holding or a controlling interest, or granting an authorisation to a portfolio management company w…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Agency agreement

Article L132-20-1

I.-The right to authorise the simultaneous, unabridged and unchanged cable retransmission, on national territory, of a work broadcast from national territory or the territory of another Member State o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Declared funds.

Article R214-203-3

…office in a European Union Member State other than France, authorised in accordance with Directive 2011/61/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2011 and authorised by its compet…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 15-4

I. - In the performance of their duties, all officers of the national police force or the national gendarmerie may be authorised not to be identified by their first and last names in the procedural do…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Tasks

Article D6323-20-4

The regional inter-professional joint committee is responsible for: 1° Examining, authorising and paying for the professional transition projects provided for in article L. 6323-17-2 and the professio…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2. Movable and immovable property and rights

Article 150 U

…assessed with regard to each undivided share in full ownership;7° Which are sold until 31 December 2023: a) To a low-income housing organisation, a semi-public company managing social housing, the as…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R5121-150

…gin, subject to the specific rules laid down for these medicinal products by 14° of article L. 5121-20 ; 8° For the medicinal products mentioned in article L. 5121-9-1 after the authorisation provided…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Declared funds.

Article R214-203-5

…compatible with the fund's objective, with its management procedures referred to in article R. 214-203-6 and with any limits or rules on the granting of loans laid down in its regulations or articles…

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