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Showing 19211930 of 4596 articles for Art. 15 Oct 1997

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Common provisions

Article R514-6

The Articles R. 512-1 to R. 514-5 are applicable to filings taking effect on 15 September 1992 subject to the following provisions: 1° Filings made before 15 September 1992 shall remain subject, as re…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Data communication service providers

Article D549-5

I. - In application of I of Article L. 549-15, the consolidated publication system referred to in the same article makes public the information mentioned in Article D. 549-4. It also makes public the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 238 bis K

…hts in question are held by a company carrying on an agricultural activity created before 1 January 1997 or a joint farming group mentioned in Article 71 who are subject to income tax under the regime…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article R53-20-2

…ceased persons, provided for by the article 1 of the aforementioned decree no. 97-109 of 6 February 1997. At the request or by order of the competent magistrate, they are made available to the judicia…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Mandatory prior mediation

Article R5312-47

…ess as provided for in II of article 136 of law no. 96-1181 of 30 December 1996 on the finances for 1997.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 42 septies

…cial year during which the sale takes place. However, for transactions referred to in I of Articles 151 octies and 151 octies A or placed under the regime provided for in article 210 A, upon option ex…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tax on the profits of companies and other legal entities

Article 210

…e apply to capital gains, other than those referred to in the second paragraph of II of article 238 octies, realised before the entry into force, under conditions set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Categories of revenue

Article L2573-44

…agraph of article L. 2331-9, the reference: "2°" is replaced by the reference: "1°" and the dates: "1997" and: "1st January 1996" respectively by the dates: "2009" and "1st January 2008".VI. - For the…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Conditions relating to the preservation of film heritage

Article 211-16

…211-15 does not apply where, in the context of an international co-production,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Account management

Article L4163-14

…entioned in the first paragraph may delegate the management functions mentioned in articles L. 4163-15, L. 4163-16 and L. 4163-18 by agreement. The term "managing body" referred to in Articles L. 4163…

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