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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-18 a (art. A322-96)

Ability to use trimix or helioxSKILLS FOR DIVINGwith trimix or helioxTHE PRACTITIONER MUST PROVE THE FOLLOWING SKILLSto the dive directorPTH-40Ability to dive with a group of divers using trimix or he…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Opposition to duty and obstacles to tax control

Article 1735 quater

…computer medium, to their reading or seizure, referred to in IVa of Article L. 16 B and to 4 and 4 bis of Article L. 38 of the Book of Tax Procedures entails the application of a fine equal to:1° €50…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Invalidity of the trade mark

Article L716-2-7

…on of invalidity brought by the proprietor of a well-known trademark within the meaning of Article 6bis of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property shall be barred after five yea…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Data communication service providers

Article L549-1

Data communication service providers are defined in point 36a of paragraph 1 of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in fina…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Withholding

Article R722-7

Chapter Va of Title III of Book III shall apply to the detention by the customs administration of goods likely to infringe a geographical indication, as provided for in Section II of Chapter II of Tit…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Single section: Professional equality plan.

Article L1143-1

…an negotiated within the company. These measures are taken in the light of the data mentioned in 1° bis of article L. 2323-8.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Business-to-business loans

Article R511-2-1-3

…atutory auditor shall be notified annually of the outstanding loan agreements granted pursuant to 3 bis of article L. 511-6. In a statement attached to the management report, the statutory auditor sha…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Customer due diligence obligations

Article L561-7

I. - For the persons mentioned in 1° to 6° and 7° bis of Article L. 561-2, the obligations laid down in I and III of Article L. 561-5 and in Article L. 561-5-1 may be implemented by a third party in e…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Controlled declaration system

Article 96 B

When non-commercial taxpayers generate both non-commercial and commercial income from the same business, all income is aggregated to determine the limit above which the controlled declaration is compu…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: General information

Article 205 A

For the assessment of corporation tax, no account shall be taken of a scheme or series of schemes which, having been put in place to obtain, as a principal objective or as one of the principal objecti…

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