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Showing 25512560 of 3700 articles for Art. CA Versailles 22 October 2009

French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 156 bis

…least fifteen years from the date of their acquisition, including where this was prior to 1 January 2009.II. - The benefit of the provisions of Article 156 specific to buildings classified or register…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: The National Institute of Industrial Property

Article L411-2

…sation created by Article 4 of the Convention on the Grant of European Patents, done at Munich on 5 October 1973, known as the "European Patent Convention", in application of Article 39 of this Conven…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Criminal provisions

Article L425-9-1

I.-The possession, without a duly justified medical reason, of one or more substances or methods prohibited by the list mentioned in the last paragraph of article L. 425-1-1, for which Appendix 1 to t…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter Va: Prevention of offences committed via the Internet

Article 67 D-9

…a person providing an intermediary service, within the meaning of Article 3(g) of Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 October 2022 referred to above, may ask…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2 : Commission nationale d'aménagement cinématographique (National Cinematographic Development Commission)

Article L212-6-7

…obligations to file the declarations provided for in 6° of I ofarticle 11 of law no. 2013-907 of 11 October 2013 on the transparency of public life. Their declarations of interest are made available t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Coordination of powers between the European Public Prosecutor, the Deputy European Public Prosecutors and the French judicial authority

Article 696-137

When the European Public Prosecutor decides to refer the case to the national authorities pursuant to Article 34 of the aforementioned Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 of 12 October 2017, the Deputy…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Mutual funding of employee trade unions and professional employers' organisations

Article L2135-16

…ime limit stipulated in the formal notice, which may not be less than fifteen days, suspend the allocation of funding to the organisation in question or reduce the amount thereof. Before 1st October e…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R356-55

…icle L. 356-2 respectively. It contains the information mentioned in article R. 355-7 which is applicable at group level. This report also contains information on the legal structure of the group, its…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Measures to boost cinema distribution

Article 916-11

…aphic distribution companies to contribute to the revival of cinematographic production, direct allocations are granted to them in addition to the sums they invest, pursuant to article 222-7, for appl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Closure of judicial liquidation proceedings

Article L643-12

…cts of the cheque-writing ban to which the debtor is subject under article 65-3 of the decree of 30 October 1935 unifying the law on cheques and relating to payment cards, implemented on the occasion…

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