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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Processing applications

Article L612-16

…apply either to the time limits provided for in the second and third paragraphs, to Article L. 612-16-1 and the time limits for filing and correcting a declaration of priority prescribed by regulatio…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
TITLE XXXII: PROCEDURE APPLICABLE TO OFFENCES RELATING TO THE PROLIFERATION OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION AND THEIR MEANS OF DELIVERY

Article 706-167

…f delivery systems for weapons of mass destruction as provided for in articles L. 2339-14 à L. 2339-16 of the same code; 5° The offences of smuggling, importing or exporting provided for in the second…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Responsibilities

Article R1233-16

…7, L. 2312-9 to L. 2312-14, the fourth to sixth paragraphs of article L. 2312-15, articles L. 2312-16 to L. 2312-36, from 3° to 5° of article L. 2312-37 and articles L. 2312-40 to L. 2312-69 and L. 2…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Statutory audit.

Article L823-16

…plementary report in accordance with the provisions of Article 11 of Regulation (EU) No 537/2014 of 16 April 2014. This report shall be submitted to the body responsible for administration or to the s…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Payment institutions

Article L775-16

…no. 2017-1252 of 9 August 2017 L. 522-15 Order no. 2009-866 of 15 July 2009 L. 522-15-1 and L. 522-16 law no. 2013-672 of 26 July 2013 L. 522-17 Order no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 L. 522-18 Order no.…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Obligations of taxpayers

Article 1649 AC

…by decree, the information required for the application of Article 8(3a) of Council Directive 2011/16/EU of 15 February 2011 on administrative cooperation in the field of taxation and repealing Direc…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 722-16

…ng to English subtitling and 45% for each of the other foreign versions, subject to a maximum of :- 16 per minute for a foreign version per work chosen by the company;- €10 per minute for other foreig…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Hosting of paper-based personal health data

Article R1111-16

…preservation and communication of public archives and subject to the provisions of article R. 1111-16-1. The hosting service contract referred to in the second paragraph of article L. 1111-8 contains…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: The fixed fine procedure applicable to certain offences

Article D45-16

…ursed, or proceed in accordance with articles 389 to 390-1,393 to 397-7,495 to 495-6or 495-7 to 495-16. If the Public Prosecutor of Rennes considers that the request for exoneration or the complaint i…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VII bis : Special equipment tax levied for the benefit of public land establishments and the Corsican Land Office

Article 1607 ter

…ablishment, subject to the application of the provisions set out in the second paragraph of article 1607 bis, under the same conditions as those set out in the same article. Part of these proceeds may…

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