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Showing 1120 of 42 articles for Art. 1994

French General Tax CodeIn force
2nd Subsection: Overall income

Article 163 bis F

…f free shares and the payment deadlines provided for by Article 3 of Law no. 94-1135 of 27 December 1994 relating to the conditions for the privatisation of the Société nationale d'exploitation indust…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Plant breeding

Article L623-24-1

…tion from Article L. 623-4, for the species listed in Council Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 of 27 July 1994 on Community plant variety rights and for other species that may be listed by decree, farmers h…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Patent rights

Article L613-5-1

…ons for such use are those laid down in Article 14 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 of 27 July 1994 on Community plant variety rights.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: General principles

Article A512-6

…peciality 313 of the nomenclature of training specialities approved by decree no. 94-522 of 21 June 1994.3° Certificates of professional qualification registered in the national register of profession…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Categories of revenue

Article L2331-9

…f the code des communes as they stood prior to the entry into force of the loi n° 94-504 du 22 juin 1994 portant dispositions budgétaires et comptables relatives aux collectivités locales.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-14

…the texts adopted for the application of the articles 2,3,4,6,7and 10 de la loi n° 94-665 du 4 août 1994 relative à l'emploi de la langue française.Any foundation recognised as being in the public int…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Fundamental missions

Article L141-3

…e terms of repayment of advances granted to the Treasury by the Banque de France prior to 1 January 1994. The provisions of the first paragraph do not apply to public credit institutions which, in the…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Contracts concluded at trade fairs and exhibitions

Article L224-62-1

…State in the département may, by way of derogation from the Article 2 of Law no. 94-665 of 4 August 1994 on the use of the French language, authorise the use, without translation, of the language of t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Regional fund for apprenticeship and continuing vocational training

Article R4332-5

In 1994, the allocation mentioned in article R. 4332-3 is distributed between the regions according to the following three criteria: a) 80%, in proportion to the expenditure incurred by the State in 1…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Provisions common to property tax on built-up and non-built-up properties

Article 1404

…r of the year following the final judgment on this right (1).(1) Provision applicable from 1 August 1994.

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