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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Combating mirror sites

Article L331-28

…and monitoring role in the fields of technical measures for the protection and identification of works and objects protected by copyright or related rights, the Autorité de régulation de la communicat…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibition on cash payment of certain claims

Article L112-6

…be made in cash or by electronic money in respect of a debt in excess of an amount set by decree, taking into account the debtor's place of residence for tax purposes, whether or not the transaction i…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Patents for invention

Article L614-33

…European Union regulations, the customs administration may, as part of its controls, detain goods likely to infringe a patent or a supplementary exploitation certificate. The owner of the patent or of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Scope of application

Article 261 D

…following are exempt from value added tax:1° Rentals of land and buildings for agricultural use;1° bis Rentals of buildings resulting from a lease conferring a right in rem;2° Rentals of undeveloped…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Right to reinstatement in employment or office.

Article L2422-1

…unctions of member of the staff delegation of the social and economic committee, employee who has asked the employer to organise elections to the social and economic committee;3° Local representative,…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO BOOK I

Article R3341-2

For the application of the regulatory provisions of Book I to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon: 1° In article R. 3121-6, the words: "and that a report be sent to the European Commission if it so requests" are…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Exemptions of more than two years

Article 1383 G

…ic establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax authority may, by a decision taken under the conditions provided for in I of l'article 1639 A bis, exempt from property tax on buil…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Property tax on undeveloped land

Article 1395 H

…he total exemptions provided for in articles 1394 C, 1395 à 1395 E et 1649. The I of article 1394 B bis and the partial exemptions provided for in 1° ter of article 1395 do not apply to properties tha…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Provisions common to property liable to direct local taxes

Article 1518 quater

…for an allowance, as soon as the municipality deliberates to modify it pursuant to articles 1639 A bis or 1640. IV.-I and II do not apply to the establishment of the tax bases for the taxes provided…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Business property tax

Article 1464 M

…lishments for inter-communal cooperation with their own tax status may, by a general deliberation taken under the conditions defined in article 1639 A bis, exempt establishments whose main activity is…

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