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Showing 25712580 of 2758 articles for Art. EU Reg. 650/2012

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Authorised bodies

Article R5211-56

…shall be understood to be in accordance with the provisions of Annex I to Implementing Regulation (EU) No 920/2013. The independence of control staff shall be guaranteed. The remuneration of each mem…

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

Article L3334-6-1

Departments with a population density of more than 100 inhabitants per square kilometre and an urbanisation rate of more than 65% are considered to be urban departments for the purposes of this articl…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2 octies : Activities created in defence restructuring zones

Article 44 terdecies

…litaires et des établissements du ministère de la défense et situées dans les communes définies au seul 2° du même 3 ter, taxpayers who create activities during a period of six years starting on the d…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2 septies : Companies located in employment areas to be revitalised

Article 44 duodecies

…or is established.The benefit of the exemption is subject to compliance with Commission Regulation (EU) No 1407/2013 of 18 December 2013 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions relating to the analysis of resolvability

Article L613-42

…The person concerned meets neither the requirements set out in Articles 92a and 494 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 nor the requirement set out in Article L. 613-44. In the two cases mentioned above,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Health products for human use

Article L1453-1

I.-Companies producing or marketing products mentioned in II of Article L. 5311-1 with the exception of those mentioned in 14°, 15° and 17° or providing services associated with these products are req…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Responsibilities

Article L2122-22

The mayor may, in addition, by delegation of the municipal council, be entrusted, in whole or in part, and for the duration of his term of office:1° To determine and modify the allocation of communal…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Title II: Turnover taxes and similar taxes

Article 299 bis

I.-For the purposes of this chapter: 1° France means the national territory, with the exception of the local authorities governed by Article 74 of the Constitution, New Caledonia, the French Southern…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE I: POWERS OF THE DEPARTMENTAL COUNCIL

Article L3211-2

The departmental council may delegate some of its powers to the standing committee, with the exception of those referred to in articles L. 3312-1 et L. 1612-12 to L. 1612-15. It may modify the list of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE II: POWERS OF THE REGIONAL COUNCIL

Article L4221-5

…ramming committee, with the allocation and implementation of subsidies related to the management of European funds for which the region is the managing authority or intermediary body or, in the contex…

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