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Showing 88018810 of 30432 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 11-6-1986 n° 84-17.222

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Inventions by civil servants and public officials.

Article Annexe art. R611-14-1

…ee no. 92-339 of 30 March 1992 .-moniteurs et allocataires-moniteurs normaliens régis par le décret n° 89-794 du 30 octobre 1989 modifié.-moniteurs en pharmacie régis par le décret n° 92-1229 du 19 no…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Extension of a definitive striking-off or disqualification decision

Article R4234-49

If no response is received for more than four months to an application for an extension of a decision to remove a pharmacist from the register or to prohibit him from practising pharmacy, as provided…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: The People's Savings Plan.

Article R221-71

The payments made under an insurance contract which are taken into account to assess compliance with the maximum payment limit provided for in article R. 221-68 are made up of the fraction of premiums…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Residential and business premises

Article 1496 bis

…cluded in the area of competence of a community development syndicate created in application of loi n° 70-610 du 10 juillet 1970, may decide, by a deliberation taken before 1 July 1986, that all resid…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Compulsory expenditure

Article L4321-1

…d social security contributions;5° bis Under the conditions provided for in Article 88-1 of the loi n° 84-53 du 26 janvier 1984 portant dispositions statutaires relatives à la fonction publique territ…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
6°: Borrowings issued in France by international organisations

Article 131 ter A

Interest, arrears and all other proceeds from loans issued in France by international organisations are exempt from the withholding tax defined in 1 of Article 119 bis and the levy provided for in I o…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 6: Restrictions on entry, exit, tonnage and packaging.

Article 24

Orders issued by the Minister of the Economy and Finance may: 1° Limit the jurisdiction of certain customs offices and designate those through which certain customs operations must be carried out; 2°…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 6: Provisions applicable to all bonded warehouses.

Article 157

1. When a new customs-approved treatment or use has not been given by the warehouse keeper at the end of the period for the goods to remain in the warehouse set by the administration or by the Communi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Liability and protection of elected representatives

Article L2123-35

The mayor or the elected municipal representatives deputising for him or having received a delegation benefit, on the occasion of their duties, from protection organised by the municipality in accorda…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Liability and protection of elected representatives

Article L2123-34

…e State, he benefits, on behalf of the State, from the protection provided by article 11 of the loi n° 83-634 du 13 juillet 1983 portant droits et obligations des fonctionnaires.

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