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Showing 311320 of 60278 articles for Art. A. 123-46

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Duration of protection

Article L123-12

Where the country of origin of the work, within the meaning of the Paris Act of the Berne Convention, is a country outside the European Community and the author is not a national of a Member State of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-subparagraph 2: Sole traders with limited liability.

Article R123-121-2

When he assigns property, rights, obligations or securities to his professional activity, the individual limited liability entrepreneur shall, where applicable, file, in accordance with Article R. 123…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Registrations and amending registrations carried out ex officio

Article R123-310

When the departmental or pluridépartemental mutualité sociale agricole fund is informed that a person registered in the National Register of Companies meets the conditions for claiming the status of a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-sub-paragraph 1: Information to be provided to the spouse with joint property.

Article R123-121-1

Under his own responsibility, the natural person shall file in the forms provided for in article R. 123-102, at the time of his application for registration, a certificate of delivery of the informati…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Registrations and amending registrations carried out ex officio

Article R123-307

When the President of the regional Chamber of Trades and Crafts or, by delegation, the President of the departmental Chamber of Trades and Crafts is informed of the pronouncement of a measure of incap…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: National identification system and register of companies and their establishments.

Article R123-234

In accordance with article R. 123-220 any legal unit, institution or service shall mention in its correspondence with the administrations or bodies defined in 1° of article L. 100-3 of the code of rel…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 7: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article R123-165

The costs reimbursed to the registrar by the Treasury pursuant to the third paragraph of article R. 123-164 and those relating to proceedings initiated ex officio by the public prosecutor or the judge…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: National identification system and register of companies and their establishments.

Article R123-233

The public administrations defined in 1° of article L. 100-3 of the code of relations between the public and the administration are required to use the directory identity number exclusively in all cor…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Itinerant commercial and craft activities.

Article R123-208-4

The declaration provided for in Article L. 123-29 is renewed every four years, in accordance with the same procedure as that set out in Article R. 123-208-2. However, in the event of renewal of the ca…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-sub-paragraph 3: Declarations for the purposes of amending and supplementary registrations.

Article R123-74

In the event of the transfer to France of the registered office of a European Company registered in another Member State of the European Community or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Ar…

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