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Showing 20212030 of 3456 articles for Art. CE 31 Jul 2009 n° 305903

French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 decies B

…cs equipment; 2° Additive manufacturing equipment; 3° Software used for design, manufacturing or processing operations; 4° Integrated machines for intensive computing; 5° Physical sensors collecting d…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: General savings products with specific tax arrangements.

Article D221-111-1

…small and medium-sized enterprises and intermediate-sized enterprises are subject to the following ceilings:1° Charges relating to the opening of the plan, in particular application fees, may not exc…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 4: Prevention of risks arising from the use of personal protective equipment for sports or leisure activities

Article R322-38

I.-The following is punishable by the fine laid down for fifth class offences: 1° Manufacture with a view to placing on the Community market, import, hold with a view to sale or distribution free of c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Scope of application

Article R1333-104

…tioned in Article L. 1333-8, subject to the provisions of Article L. 1333-9: 1° For radioactive sources and products and devices containing them:a) Manufacture ;b) Use or possession ;c) Distribution,…

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

Article 67 D-5

…he European Parliament and of the Council of 19 October 2022 on an internal market for digital services and amending Directive 2000/31/EC (Regulation on digital services), and persons providing an int…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Reserving contracts for social economy enterprises

Article L2113-15

Contracts or lots of a contract, which relate exclusively to social services and other specific services listed in a notice annexed to this code, may be reserved by a contracting authority, including…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions applicable to requests for information received by the French services

Article 695-9-44

When information has been transmitted by a service or unit referred to in Article 695-9-31 to the competent service of a Member State and the latter intends to communicate it to another State or to us…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Special cases

Article 695-45

…s possible and the person sought consents, agree to the temporary transfer of the latter in accordance with the forms provided for in the articles 695-28 and 695-29, the first to third paragraphs of a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions applicable to requests for information received by the French services

Article 695-9-38

If there are facts to suggest that information referred to in Article 695-9-31 could be useful to another Member State either in preventing an offence falling within one of the categories listed in Ar…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Issue and maintenance of plant variety certificates

Article R623-32

…fee is not made by the normal due date, a warning shall be sent to the holder of the plant variety certificate indicating that he shall incur the forfeiture of his rights if this payment, together wi…

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