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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Judgment of compulsory liquidation.

Article L641-14-1

The liquidator, with the agreement of the administrator, if one has been appointed, may acquiesce in a claim for revendication or restitution of an asset mentioned in Section 3 of Chapter IV of Title…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Inventions by civil servants and public officials.

Article R611-14-1

I.-For civil servants or public employees of the State and its public establishments falling within the categories defined in the appendix to this article and who are the authors of an invention menti…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Sociétés de participations financières de profession libérale de conseils en propriété industrielle (French only)

Article R422-51-14

The liquidator shall inform the Director General of the Institut National de la Propriété Industrielle and the Registrar responsible for keeping the Trade and Companies Register in which the company i…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Industrial establishments

Article 1499-00 A

Article 1499 does not apply to the determination of the rental value of property available to businesses that meet the conditions set out in article 19 of law no. 96-603 of 5 July 1996 relating to the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1464 I bis

I.-Where they have applied the provisions of I of article 1464 I, the municipalities and their public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status may, by a deliberation of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4°: Reduction of bases in Corsica

Article 1472 A ter

The bases of the business property tax levied in Corsica for the benefit of the communes and their groupings are multiplied by a coefficient equal to 0.75.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Industrial establishments

Article 1499-0 A

When the property mentioned in l'article 1499 taken in leasing are acquired by the lessee, the rental value of these assets may not, for the taxes drawn up in respect of subsequent years, be lower tha…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter V: The issue of copies of documents and registers.

Article 1440-1-1

The information enabling the natural persons mentioned in the decision to be identified, where they are parties or third parties, shall be blacked out by the court clerk before the decision is handed…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter VI: Disputes relating to the award of private law public procurement contracts

Article 1441-3-1

I-In order to be able to rely on the provisions of the first paragraph of Article 13 of the above-mentioned Order of 7 May 2009, the contracting authority/entity shall publish in the Official Journal…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-section I: Guardianship and succession matters.

Article ANNEXE, art. 14

When a court decision allocates a sum of money or other property benefits to a minor under guardianship or legal administration, a copy of this decision must, ex officio, be sent to the competent guar…

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