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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Pharmaceutical products

Article R5521-1

…paragraph of Article R. 5125-5, Articles R. 5125-7, R. 5125-8 with the exception of the second and last paragraphs, R. 5125-9, R. 5125-10, R. 5125-11 with the exception of the second paragraph and R.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Authorisations

Article R6122-40

…isation by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. The request by which, pursuant to the last paragraph of article L. 6122-9, communication of the reasons for an implicit decision of reject…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Recruitment.

Article R6152-413-1

…The practitioner is entitled to compensation equal to the amount of the emoluments relating to the last month of activity, multiplied by the number of years of actual service in the establishment con…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3rd Subsection: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 223 R

…f the group, an intermediate company, a foreign company or the non-resident parent entity, when the last absorbing company leaves the group or loses the status of intermediate company, foreign company…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General principles

Article D1611-41

…d during the penultimate financial year, is less than : a) Twelve years out of the average over the last three years for communes, the City of Paris, local public groupings and establishments; b) Ten…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Registration

Article A822-1

…one or more exercises, one or more questions, where appropriate combined, relating to accounting, lasting three hours (coefficient 3) ; 2° A written test involving, at the jury's choice, a study of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Award conditions

Article R5424-72-2

…70. The drop in income corresponding to self-employed activity is assessed as follows: 1° When the last two income tax returns preceding the triggering event mentioned in 3° of article L. 5424-25 are…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions of practice of the profession of industrial property attorney

Article L422-4

…the intermediary of industrial property attorneys whose specialisation, determined pursuant to the last paragraph of Article L. 422-1, is relevant to the act. The provisions of the previous paragraph…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: ASSETS OF LOCAL AUTHORITIES, THEIR GROUPINGS AND PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS

Article L1841-1

…esidents of the general councils and the presidents of the regional councils" are deleted;2° In the last paragraph, the words: "territorial authority" are replaced by the word: "commune".

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Declaration of absence

Article 127

…public prosecutor into the death registers of the place of domicile of the absent person or of his last residence. Mention of this transcription is made in the margin of the registers on the date of…

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