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Showing 27412750 of 3182 articles for Art. CE 28 Sep 2017 n° 409770

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title II: Industrial property qualification

Article R421-1

…ist of qualified industrial property persons provided for in Article L. 421-1 is subject to compliance with all of the following conditions: 1° Possession of a national postgraduate legal, scientific…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Grants and other revenue allocated by the Local Finance Committee

Article L2334-41

The municipalities in the overseas departments receive a share of the urban policy allocation provided for in article L. 2334-40. This share is calculated by applying to the total amount of the urban…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: REVENUE

Article L4331-2-1

…for in the current year's budget is known.During the year, one or more twelfths may be paid in advance of the normal rate if the region's available funds are temporarily insufficient. Additional alloc…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Transport and infrastructure management

Article L4424-22

By way of derogation from article 9 of law no. 83-663 of 22 July 1983 supplementing the loi n° 83-8 du 7 janvier 1983 relative à la répartition de compétences entre les communes, les départements, les…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article 764-44

…orm the Public Prosecutor of any difficulties encountered in drawing up or implementing the compliance programme. It will also submit a report to the public prosecutor when the time limit for implemen…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Registration

Article R822-2

…national master's degree or a qualification or diploma conferring the grade of master issued in France or a diploma obtained in a foreign country and judged to be of a level comparable to that of the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter one: Setting the rates used to calculate direct local taxation

Article 1639 A quater

…the deliberations applicable from the following year with regard to council tax on secondary residences and other furnished premises not allocated to the main dwelling and property taxes throughout th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Determining taxable income

Article 32

1. Notwithstanding the provisions of

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1600

…added tax (cotisation sur la valeur ajoutée des entreprises). It is collected on behalf of CCI France and divided between the regional chambers of commerce and industry, under the conditions set out…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5141-8

…the National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety, within the limit of the ceiling provided for in I of Article 46 of Law No 2011-1977 of 28 December 2011 on finance for 2012,…

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