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Showing 25312540 of 4064 articles for Art. 1133 · CA Chambéry 18 November 2003

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Criminal proceedings

Article L615-15

…anyone who knowingly breaches one of the obligations or prohibitions laid down in articles L. 614-18, L. 614-20 and the first paragraph of Article L. 614-21 will be punished by a fine of 6,000 euros…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Creation of delegated communes within a new commune

Article L2113-13

…ce laws and regulations and receive from the mayor the delegations provided for in articles L. 2122-18 to L. 2122-20. The deputy mayor also performs the duties of deputy mayor of the new commune, with…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1 : Examination for admission to the probationary period, probationary period and examination to qualify as a court-appointed administrator

Article R811-22

…ional des administrateurs judiciaires et des mandataires judiciaires. Only persons holding a certificate of completion of training issued under the conditions set out in article R. 811-18 as well as p…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Use of work and personal protection equipment.

Article R4535-7

If they meet the qualification and competence criteria defined by articles R. 4323-24 and R. 4323-100, self-employed workers may carry out periodic inspections of work equipment and personal protectiv…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Mediation in the non-industrial and commercial public sector

Article D6274-1

…ormance or termination of the apprenticeship contract.The mediation provided for in article L. 6222-18 is carried out either by the mediator or by the local human resources department to which the app…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single chapter: Administrative penalties

Article R6241-3

…f the Regional Health Agency may order the immediate suspension of the right to practise of the medical biologist, the biologist in charge, the biologist with joint responsibility or the qualified spe…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Special provisions relating to certain uses of orphan works

Article L135-1

…1° Orphan works, within the meaning of Article L. 113-10, which were originally published or broadcast in a Member State of the European Union and which belong to one of the following categories: a)…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of taxable income

Article 80 undecies A

…amended finance law for 2002 of 6 August 2002 are subject to income tax according to the rules applicable to salaries and wages. The same applies to the allowance provided for in Article 5 of Ordinanc…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: COMMON PROVISIONS

Article L311-2

…rench territory entered in the Schengen Information System, in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 2018/1861 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 November 2018 on the establishment, oper…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Investment holding companies

Article L517-4-3

…aph 1 of Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2019/2033 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019.

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