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French General Tax CodeIn force
Ia: Intercommunal direct tax commission

Article 1650 A

1. In each établissement public de coopération intercommunale subject by right or by option to the tax regime provided for in Article 1609 nonies C, an inter-municipal direct tax commission is set up…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Depreciation, amortisation and provisions.

Article R123-179

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Realisation of the pledge and purging of registered claims.

Article R143-1

…the sale of the business has not taken place at public auction in accordance with articles L. 143-3 to L. 143-8, L. 143-10 and L. 143-13 to L. 143-15, the purchaser who wishes to secure himself from t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Building characteristics

Article R4214-1

Buildings intended to house workplaces are designed and constructed in such a way as to be able to withstand, as a whole and in each of their components, the combined effect of their weight, extreme c…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Report card and workbook

Article R7421-1

At least two copies of the form or booklet given to the homeworker in application of article L. 7421-2 must be produced. It mentions : 1° The name and address of the establishment or the name, first n…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Trader status.

Article L121-1

Traders are those who carry out commercial acts and make it their usual profession.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Protected information

Article L151-1

…lf or in the exact configuration and assembly of its elements, generally known or easily accessible to persons familiar with this type of information by virtue of their sector of activity; 2° It has a…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article L331-1

Civil actions and claims relating to literary and artistic property, including when they also relate to a related issue of unfair competition, shall be brought exclusively before judicial courts, dete…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Registration application

Article L512-1

…re the application for registration is filed at the registry of a court, the court shall forward it to the Institut national de la propriété industrielle.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: General information

Article L611-1

Any invention may be the subject of an industrial property title issued by the Director of the National Institute of Industrial Property which confers on its holder or his successors in title an exclu…

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