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Showing 29812990 of 4740 articles for Art. 257 bis · CJUE 27 November 2003

French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 4: Financial provisions

Article L5842-23

…llowing provisions: 1° In 1°, the words: "mentioned in II or, where applicable, I of Article 1379-0 bis of the General Tax Code, as well as those mentioned in V of the same article" are replaced by th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Social and tax regime.

Article R3332-31

…is fully exempt, in accordance with the provisions of the first two sentences of II of article 163 bis B of the General Tax Code, the certificate is issued for the full amount of the tax credit in th…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions of practice of the profession of industrial property attorney

Article L422-5

Any person carrying out the activities mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 422-1 to 26 November 1990 may, notwithstanding the provisions of Article L. 422-4, represent the persons mentioned…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section IV: Special provisions for certain cross-border investigative measures.

Article 178-1

…ed abroad pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2020/1783 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2020 on cooperation between the courts of the Member States in the taking of evidence in ci…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation

Article D112-15

…e D. 112-14, are enforceable under the conditions set out in Title III of decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 relating to public budgetary and accounting management.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The works council and other social dialogue bodies

Article R114-59

…onym ballot in application of the third paragraph of article 20 of the above-mentioned decree of 20 November 2020, are set by decision of the Board of Directors after consulting the Social Committee o…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution.

Article L310-12-5

…ance with Article 19 of Regulation No 1094/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Patentable inventions

Article L611-13

…in the meaning of the revised convention concerning international exhibitions signed at Paris on 22 November 1928. However, in the latter case, the exhibition of the invention must have been declared…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Budgetary control

Article A211-46

Pursuant to the provisions of Article 223 of Decree No. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management, the budget controller shall in particular receive the following docu…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Validation of acquired experience

Article A212-43

…cludes the following documents: -a copy of the identity document in accordance with the order of 29 November 2017 setting out the model form for requesting admissibility for validation of acquired exp…

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