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Showing 11511160 of 3970 articles for Art. CE 29 January 1982 n° 18058

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 62-1

The staff referred to in

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Joint ownership of patents

Article L613-32

The provisions of Articles L. 613-29 to L. 613-31 apply in the absence of stipulations to the contrary. Co-owners may derogate from this at any time by co-ownership regulations.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Services provided to shareholders by intermediaries

Article R228-32-3

The fees mentioned in L. 228-29-7-4 are published on the website of the intermediary that applies them. Any change shall be published without delay on the same website.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Practice of the profession.

Article R6223-43

The company provides proof of the liability insurance required by the third paragraph of article 16 of law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966 relating to professional non-trading companies.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Livret A passbook accounts

Article L743-11

…wording resulting fromL. 221-1 and L. 221-2 law no. 2008-776 of 4 August 2008 L. 221-3, with the exception of the last paragraph, and L. 221-4 Law no. 2014-366 of 24 March 2014 L. 221-5, with the exc…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Livret A passbook accounts

Article L742-11

…wording resulting fromL. 221-1 and L. 221-2 law no. 2008-776 of 4 August 2008 L. 221-3, with the exception of the last paragraph, and L. 221-4 Law no. 2014-366 of 24 March 2014 L. 221-5, with the exc…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Additional compensation measures

Article 916-30

The amount of aid may not exceed that of the actual loss of turnover recorded over the period between 1 January and 31 March 2021 in relation to the average turnover achieved between 1 January and 31…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1464 C

…reated or managed by a grouping of communes is allocated to this grouping by virtue of the articles 29 or 11, as amended, of law no. 80-10 of 10 January 1980 on the organisation of direct local taxati…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Chapter II: Inter-municipal cooperation

Article L5832-2

…Book II of this Part are not applicable to Mayotte. II.-The following shall apply in Mayotte from 1 January 2014: 1° Article L. 5210-4 ; 2° Article L. 5211-9-2; 2° bis Articles L. 5211-11-2 and L. 521…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition and operating rules

Article R783-21

…mn of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 621-1 to R. 621-3n° 2018-572 of 3 July 2018R. 621-4No. 2019-821 of 2 August 2019R. 621-5n° 2018-572 of 3 July 2018R.…

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