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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Management of income from the exploitation of rights

Article L324-16

Actions for payment of royalties collected by collective management organisations are time-barred after five years from the date on which they were collected, this period being suspended during the pa…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Other auctions.

Article R322-1

Public auction and wholesale goods sales rooms, provided for by Article L. 322-12, may be opened by a natural person, by a commercial or industrial company, by a credit institution or a finance compan…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Professional qualifications of personnel.

Article R2112-13

When, in application of article L. 2112-4, the département enters into an agreement with a public authority or a non-profit-making private legal entity to carry out one or more of the activities menti…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
a: Withholding tax on income from shares and similar income, where the beneficiaries do not have their real domicile or registered office in France, and on interest and bond income

Article 1673

La retenue à la source afférente aux revenus de capitaux mobiliers entrant dans les prévisions des articles 118, 119 et 1678 bis, and referred to in 1 of the articles 119 bis and 1672 is declared and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Labelling of magistral or officinal preparations intended for veterinary medicine.

Article R5132-18

…formation provided for in 12° of article R. 5141-73, in black lettering on a red background. In all cases, these medicinal products bear a back label with the words "Respect the prescribed doses" in b…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Book V: Service providers

Article L500-1

…sive bribery, influence peddling, embezzlement and misappropriation of property; e) Forgery, falsification of securities or other fiduciary values issued by the public authorities, falsification of ma…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Withholding

Article L521-17-1

…estroyed under the supervision of customs officers if the following conditions are met: 1° The applicant has confirmed in writing and by means of a detailed expert report to the customs authorities, w…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Late payment of taxes recovered by tax administration accountants

Article 1731

1. Gives rise to the application of a 5% surcharge for any delay in the payment of sums that must be paid to the tax administration accountants in respect of taxes other than those mentioned in Articl…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
E: Special rebates

Article 1398 A

…s of municipalities with their own tax system on non-built properties classified in the 2nd and 6th categories defined in article 18 of the ministerial instruction of 31 December 1908 and included wit…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Green Spaces Agency.

Article R4413-10

…cy's contribution to studies; 10° The general conditions for awarding grants and loans; 11° The allocation of these grants and loans; 12° The operations provided for in 3° of Article R. 4413-1; 13° Th…

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