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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Rules applicable to financial contracts, temporary acquisitions and sales of financial instruments and guarantees

Article R214-18

…ts relating to eligible financial securities and money market instruments, and in particular repurchase agreements and similar transactions for the temporary purchase or sale of securities, provided t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Traditional herbal medicinal products

Article R5121-107-3

…traditional medical use provided for in 4° of Article L. 5121-14-1 is thirty years, including at least fifteen years in a Member State of the European Community or in another State party to the Europ…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Special provisions relating to certain uses of orphan works

Article L135-6

…holder of rights in an orphan work justifies his rights to an organisation mentioned in article L. 135-3, the latter may only continue to use the work with the authorisation of the rightholder. The o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 AH

…and intended for use in industrial automation applications, acquired or created between 1 October 2013 and 31 December 2016, may be subject to exceptional depreciation over twenty-four months from the…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Automatic exclusions

Article L2141-2

…pended to this code.This exclusion does not apply to persons who, before the date on which the purchaser decides on the admissibility of their application, have, in the absence of any enforcement meas…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Procedure for awarding global contracts applicable to purchasers subject to Book IV

Article R2171-18

The jury draws up a report on the examination of the applications and formulates a reasoned opinion on the list of candidates to be retained. The purchaser will draw up a list of candidates admitted t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article L22-10-35

In companies whose securities are admitted to trading on a regulated market, the management report presented by the Board of Directors or the Management Board to the Ordinary General Meeting referred…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Rights conferred by the trade mark

Article L713-3-1

In particular, articles L. 713-2 and L. 713-3, the following acts or uses: 1° Affixing the sign to the goods or to their packaging; 2° Offering the goods, placing them on the market or holding them fo…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Services and products other than agricultural, forestry, food or seafood products

Article L433-8

…covered by provisions of Part V of the Public Health Code ;3° To the issue of hallmarks, stamps, visas, homologation certificates, guarantee marks or attestations of conformity with European provision…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Optional taxable transactions

Article 260 A

…Sanitation ; public abattoirs; markets of national interest; collection and treatment of refuse, waste and residues where this service gives rise to payment of the fee for services rendered provided…

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