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Showing 181190 of 236 articles for Art. 2003

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Local semi-public companies

Article L1862-1

…06 of 9 August 2004 L. 1522-1 law no. 2022-217 of 21 February 2022 L. 1522-2 to L. 1522-5 Order no. 2003-1212 of 18 December 2003 L. 1523-1 law no. 96-142 of 21 February 1996 L. 1523-4 law no. 2005-80…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Exploitation of objects protected by a neighbouring right by providers of online content sharing services

Article L219-2

…ver of less than ten million euros calculated in accordance with European Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC of 6 May 2003 concerning the definition of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Notifications and information

Article L233-7

…d of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse (Market Abuse Regulation) and repealing Directive 2003/6/ EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Directives 2003/124/ EC, 200…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Responsibilities.

Article L462-9

…European Union, the competition authorities shall apply the provisions of Council Regulation No. 1/2003 on the implementation of the rules on competition laid down in Articles 101 and 102 of the Trea…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Allocations of free shares.

Article L225-197-1

…ll and medium-sized enterprises provided for in Article 2 of the Annex to Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC of 6 May 2003 concerning the definition of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VI: Persons liable for payment of the tax

Article 283

…wances authorising operators to emit greenhouse gases, within the meaning of Article 3 of Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a scheme fo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Provisions relating to the implementation of an internal bail-out measure

Article L613-55-5

…medium-sized enterprises, within the meaning of Article 2 of the Annex to Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC of 6 May 2003 defined according to their annual turnover, eligible for the guarantee ins…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Special provisions for certain transfers

Article L1614-8-1

…sponding to the contribution for the operation of the transferred services will be revised, for the 2003 allocation, to take account of the impact of the new accounting rules implemented by SNCF Voyag…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3b: Equalised compensation scheme

Article L3334-16-3

…rity income during the year of distribution pursuant to article 59 of the finance law for 2004 (no. 2003-1311 of 30 December 2003) and the article 51 of finance law no. 2008-1425 of 27 December 2008 f…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Reduced rate

Article 278 sexies

…od to mean the multiannual agreements provided for in the second paragraph of article 10 of law no. 2003-710 of 1st August 2003 of guidance and programming for towns and urban renewal; 10° Urban renew…

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