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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Practice as a company

Article R422-16

Without prejudice to the provisions which, pursuant to Articles 10 and 11 of Law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966, the articles of association must include those which, by virtue of the articles 8, 14,…

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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

The members of the Commission nationale d'aménagement cinématographique must comply with the obligations to file the declarations provided for in 6° of I ofarticle 11 of law no. 2013-907 of 11 October…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: European Union regulations constituting implementing measures for article L. 412-1

Article R412-25

The enforcement measures provided for in Article L. 412-1 : 1° The provisions of Articles 4 to 7 and paragraph 4 of Article 11 and paragraph 3 of Article 17 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article R1323-1

I. - The purpose of food vigilance, known as nutrivigilance, is to monitor, assess and prevent the risk of undesirable effects linked to the consumption of the foodstuffs and foods mentioned in II of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Prohibitions

Article R1333-4

…ng a derogation in the cases provided for in Article 20 of Council Directive 2013/59/Euratom of 5 December 2013 laying down basic safety standards for health protection against the dangers arising fro…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Revenue

Article L3662-7

The articles L. 3335-1 and L. 3335-2 apply to the Metropole of Lyon.In 2015, 2016 and 2017, for the application of Article L. 3335-2 to the Rhône department and the Metropole of Lyon, the transfer dut…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions specific to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article L772-7

Articles L. 511-21 to L. 511-28 do not apply to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 quinquies FB

…storage of livestock effluent constructed, acquired or manufactured from 1 January 2016 until 31 December 2017 may be subject to exceptional depreciation equal to 40% of their cost price spread on a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Governance of credit institutions and finance companies

Article R511-18

I.- In order to compare remuneration trends and practices, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall collect, under the conditions defined by order of the Minister responsible for the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Companies of court-appointed administrators and agents

Article R814-146

Sociétés d'exercice libéral constituées pour l'exercice de la profession d'administrateurs judiciaires ou de mandataires judiciaires sont régies par les dispositions du livre II et de la loi n° 90-125…

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