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Showing 871880 of 2923 articles for Art. Cons. const. – 30 Nov. 2018 – no. 2018-749 QPC

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

Article L3334-1

…onding 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…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Extemporaneous preparation and retail sale.

Article L5442-11

…re of medicated feedingstuffs in breach of Article 5(2)(d) of Regulation (EU) 2019/4 of 11 December 2018;2° Delivering a veterinary medicinal product intended for the manufacture of medicated feedings…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Armed Forces Medical Corps

Article L5542-2

…L. 5124-13 are applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia in the version resulting from Order No. 2018-20 of 17 January 2018. The application of this article is limited to military healthcare pr…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: New horizontal aid to compensate for reduced activity

Article 919-89

…d may not exceed that of the actual loss of turnover recorded over the period between 1 January and 30 June 2021 compared with the average turnover achieved between 1 January and 30 June in 2017, 2018…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Financial provisions

Article L4425-23

…Corse-du-Sud et de la Haute-Corse, dans les conditions définies aux II and III of Article 52 of Law no. 2004-1484 of 30 December 2004 on the finances for 2005, in the article 59 of finance law no. 200…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Industrial preparation and wholesale.

Article L5441-14

…duct manufacturing establishment referred to in Article 97 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of 11 December 2018 or of a person responsible for a wholesale distribution establishment referred to in Article 10…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Exceptional aid to offset fixed costs

Article 919-81

…ference price per seat determined under the conditions provided for in articles L. 212-28 to L. 212-30 of the Code du Cinéma et de l'Image Animée, included in the declaration of receipts referred to i…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Information in the event of a declaration of no further action in the award procedure

Article R3125-4

Where the conceding authority decides not to award the concession contract or to recommence the procedure, it shall inform the candidates or tenderers of the reasons for its decision as soon as possib…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5141-9

…ic veterinary medicinal products referred to in Article 86 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of 11 December 2018 may be amended, suspended or withdrawn if the conditions laid down in Articles 86 and 87 of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Industrial preparation and wholesale.

Article L5441-8

…nal product subject to the provisions of Articles 5 and 86 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of 11 December 2018 and Articles L. 5141-9 or L. 5141-10 without first obtaining the marketing authorisation, regis…

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