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Showing 67416750 of 23166 articles for Art. Cass. ch. mixte 21-12-2007 n° 06-12.769

French General Tax CodeIn force
8: Provisions specific to registration duty, land registration tax, the property security contribution, stamp duty and the special tax on insurance policies

Article 1965 A

…een private individuals, his heirs, who are liable for the service of increases pursuant to the loi n° 49-420 du 25 mars 1949 modifiée, peuvent, à partir de la date à laquelle ces majorations sont fix…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article L5211-24

…llocations provided for in article L. 234-13 of the code des communes, as it stood prior to the loi n° 93-1436 du 31 décembre 1993 portant réforme de la dotation globale de fonctionnement et modifiant…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Indemnities of holders of office in the Martinique Assembly and of office in the Executive Council

Article L7227-22

…nd a half times the amount of the parliamentary allowance as defined in Article 1er de l'ordonnance n° 58-1210 du 13 décembre 1958 portant loi organique relative à l'indemnité des membres du Parlement…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database and central biological sample preservation service

Article R53-15

…the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC and Articles 56 and 110 de la loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978 relative à l'informatique, aux fichiers et aux libertés. II.The rights of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Contracts awarded by the national councils of the orders of the medical professions

Article R.4122-4-4

I.-For the application of this sub-section: 1° The supply and service contracts mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 4122-2-1 are defined in accordance with Articles L. 1111-1, L. 1111-3, L.…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Opposition

Article R613-44-6

Subject to the inadmissibility raised ex officio by the Institut national de la propriété industrielle and to the cases of suspension or closure of the procedure referred to in Articles R. 613-44-10 a…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Right to title

Article L611-7

If the inventor is an employee, the right to the industrial property title, in the absence of a contractual stipulation more favourable to the employee, is defined according to the following provision…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Right to title

Article L611-7-1

…studies and research explicitly entrusted to him, belong to the legal person carrying out the research. 1° Inventions made by this inventor in the performance either of an agreement including an inven…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°-0 bis: Priority urban policy districts

Article 1383 C ter

Unless the municipality or public inter-municipal cooperation body with its own tax system decides otherwise, in accordance with the conditions laid down in I of Article 1639 A bis, properties located…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for compassionate access authorisation

Article R5121-74

I.-The prescriber's request for compassionate access authorisation as provided for in II of Article L. 5121-12-1 is sent to the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé by e…

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