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Showing 541550 of 24963 articles for Art. Aut. conc. n° 18-DCC-65 du 27 Apr 2018

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Patent rights

Article L613-27

…ons which have become res judicata shall be notified to the Director of the National Institute of Industrial Property for entry in the National Patent Register. When the decision partially invalidates…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Plant breeding

Article L623-27

…ensation of the claimant or order the seizure or delivery into the hands of a third party of the products suspected of infringing the rights conferred by the title, in order to prevent their introduct…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 4: Exceptions for text and data mining

Article R122-27

…r, with all documents and evidence making it possible to establish that the digital copies and reproductions made during a text and data search are stored with an appropriate level of security and tha…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions common to consumer credit and home loans

Article L314-27

…f this title, where the creditor wishes to make available or provide information and documents on a durable medium other than paper, the creditor shall first check that this method of communication is…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Mortgages

Article L313-27

…dit, shall give rise to the provision to the borrower of a new advance offer on paper or on another durable medium.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Rates

Article 278 bis

Value added tax is levied at the reduced rate of 10% in respect of supplies of the following products:1° (Repealed);2° (Repealed);3° (Repealed);3° bis The following products:a) firewood;b) agglomerate…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Calculation of tax

Article 278-0

Where a transaction includes items other than incidental items that are subject to different rates, the rate applicable to that transaction is the highest rate among the rates applicable to those diff…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Rates

Article 278 quater

Value added tax is levied at the rate of 10% on supplies of magistral preparations, officinal products and medicines or pharmaceutical products intended for use in human medicine and covered by the ma…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Assessment of the tax

Article 277 A

…ional contract based on the sharing of this manufacture and the undivided ownership of the goods produced between the contracting undertakings.The authorisation to open a scheme referred to in this 2°…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Rates

Article 278 septies

…have used them for the needs of their businesses and for whom they have given rise to a right to deduct value added tax;4° (Repealed).

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