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Showing 13711380 of 2624 articles for Art. 212 bis

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database and central biological sample preservation service

Article R53-20-1

…the investigating judge, seals and samples relating to the traces and samples mentioned in 1°, 1° bis, 3° and 4° of I and 1° and 2° of III of Article R. 53-10 are sent, when the analysis has been ca…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Undercover procedures, sound recordings and images of certain places or vehicles

Article D15-1-2

…ration specially authorised to carry out investigations. Customs officers referred to in Article 67 bis of the Customs Code, in the context of the offences referred to in II of that article.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Payment of tax

Article 223 O

…roup pursuant to article 244 quater B ; article 199 ter B applies to the sum of these tax credits;b bis. Tax credits for collaborative research generated by each company in the group pursuant to Artic…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions common to performers and phonogram producers

Article L214-1

…grammes to comply with the exclusive right of holders of related rights provided for in Articles L. 212-3 and L. 213-1. These uses of published phonograms for commercial purposes, regardless of where…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Medical certificate

Article L231-2-3

…d to the specific environment in which the disciplines take place, within the meaning of article L. 212-2, or constraints linked to the safety or health of the participants. Where appropriate, they ta…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4: Relocation of film screenings

Article L212-18

…L. 212-2. The content, filing procedures and registration…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 3: Approval of cinemas

Article R212-13

…R. 212-12, when the cinematographic offer proposed does not correspond to t…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The jury

Article A212-20

…erned in the field of entertainment and sport. In accordance with the fifth paragraph of article R. 212-10-2, the Regional Director for Youth, Sport and Social Cohesion, in order to set up a jury, con…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter II: Transit.

Article 129

No discharge shall be given in respect of commitments entered into unless, at the office of destination, the goods :-have been placed in customs clearance warehouses or areas, or in export warehouses…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
14° : Tax reduction granted for cash subscriptions to the capital of companies and for subscriptions to shares in innovation investment funds (fonds communs de placement dans l'innovation)

Article 199 terdecies-0 A

…bscriptions made under the same conditions as those provided for in 1 and 2 of I of Article 885-0 V bis, as it stood on 31 December 2017.However, the rate is set at 25% for payments made until 31 Dece…

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