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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Powers and organisation for the protection of copyright and related rights

Article L331-14

…evidence on these services for the purposes of characterising facts likely to constitute offences; 4° Acquire and study hardware and software likely to facilitate the commission of acts of counterfei…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Requests for access to non-identifying data and the identity of the third-party donor

Article R2143-9

I.- Persons born of medically assisted procreation with a third party donor who, when they reach the age of majority, wish to have access, in application of the provisions of article L. 2143-5, to the…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Public training establishments

Article D112-3

…2° L'Institut français du cheval et de l'équitation; 3° L'Ecole nationale des sports de montagne; 4° L'Ecole nationale de voile et des sports nautiques. They exercise their powers under the conditio…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section 1: Development tax

Article 1635 quater J

…hes for light leisure dwellings, €10,000 per pitch; 3° For swimming pools, €250 per square metre; > 4° For wind turbines over 12 metres in height, €3,000 per turbine; > For photovoltaic panels, €5,000…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Operators of voluntary sales of furniture by public auction.

Article R321-31-2

The persons designated in article L. 321-4-1 shall declare, no later than 31 January of each calendar year, to the Conseil des maisons de vente, the conditions under which they have fulfilled their ob…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Single chapter: The Autorité des marchés financiers

Article R621-6

…mentioned in 3° of IV of Article L. 621-2 and one member chosen from among the persons mentioned in 4° of IV of Article L. 621-2 ; 2° It appoints the Chairman of the Division. This decision is publish…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Local semi-public companies

Article L1862-1

I.-The provisions of Title II of Book V of Part One mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, insofar as they apply to communes and their groupings, are applicable to semi-public companies…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Economic redundancies in the context of safeguarding, reorganisation or compulsory liquidation.

Article L1233-58

…graph of II, for redundancies of at least ten employees in a company with at least fifty employees; 4° L. 1233-34 and L. 1233-35 first paragraph and, where applicable, L. 2325-35 and L. 4614-12-1 of t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Determining taxable income

Article 31

I. - Property expenses deductible in determining net income include:1° For urban properties:a) Repair and maintenance expenses actually borne by the owner;a bis) Insurance premiums;a ter) The amount o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Preparations containing several poisonous substances.

Article R5132-41

The provisions of article R. 5132-40 are applicable to the salts and esters of these substances as well as to compositions containing these substances, their salts or their esters in any form whatsoev…

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