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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Joint ventures

Article R422-50

…f a joint venture of industrial property attorneys referred to in Title II of the loi n° 90-1258 du 31 décembre 1990 shall give rise to the insertion of a notice in a newspaper authorised to receive l…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions for issuing authorisations

Article R5139-14

…roduits de santé, by 15 February each year at the latest, an annual statement of the stocks held at 31 December of the previous year. The Director General of the Agency may request a statement of the…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Exceptional provisions relating to selective distribution aid

Article 919-40

…ated for a given work from the entry into force of deliberation no. 2021/CA/18 of 27 May 2021 until 31 December 2023, the distribution company must have distributed at least three cinematographic work…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Budget (R)

Article R2221-48-1

…ropriation are carried forward, under the conditions set out in the fourth paragraph of article L. 2311-5, the entries in the budget are justified by the production in the appendix of a forecast resul…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Tests and analyses

Article R512-32

Laboratories other than those mentioned in article R. 512-31 may be authorised to carry out analyses or tests, subject to approval.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Status of statutory auditors.

Article L822-10

…carried out by the multi-professional practice company under the conditions provided for in article 31-5 of law no. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990 relating to the practice in the form of companies of lib…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Special schemes

Article 1594 F sexies

…es by lots triggering the right of pre-emption provided for in the article 10 of law no. 75-1351 of 31 December 1975 relating to the protection of occupants of residential premises or the right of pre…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employee information.

Article L3332-7-1

…g the choice of allocation of their savings, as well as the amount of their securities estimated at 31 December of the previous year. A decree determines the information that must be included in this…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation of the company.

Article R6223-69

…s shares under the conditions provided for by 1° or 2° of B of I of article 5 of law no. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990, he loses the rights attached to his status as a member practising within the compa…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 11: Charges for the transport and distribution of electricity and gas and the transport of hydrocarbons and chemicals by pipeline

Article L2333-86

…date on which they became due. The four-year limitation period instituted by the loi n° 68-1250 du 31 décembre 1968 relative à la prescription des créances sur l'Etat, les départements, les communes…

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