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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: European patents with unitary effect

Article L614-16-1

Unitary effect may be conferred on a European patent under the conditions laid down in the first paragraph of Article 3 of Regulation (EU) No 1257/2012 of 17 December 2012. The European patent with un…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies.

Article R233-16-2

…nd one of the controlled companies included in the consolidation, in accordance with Article L. 233-16, have activities which may be subject to income tax in the same tax jurisdiction, or where the co…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Relationship between the respective payment service providers and the payment service user

Article L133-17-1

An account-holding payment service provider may refuse a payment service provider providing an account information or payment initiation service access to a payment account for objectively justified a…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Safety at sporting events

Article L332-16-3

The measures taken under articles L. 332-11, L. 332-13, L. 332-14, L. 332-16, L. 332-16-1 and L. 332-16-2 are the subject of an annual public report by the departments of the Ministry of the Interior.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 163-0 A

…f which this taxpayer has been subject to income tax for the last three years, the person concerned may request that the corresponding tax be calculated by adding a quarter of the net exceptional inco…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Approved management centres

Article 1649 quater E

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Domiciliation of registered natural and legal persons.

Article R123-166-1

…by the prefect of the département in which the registered office of the domiciliation company is located. In Paris, this approval is issued by the Prefect of Police.

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Ski lifts and ski runs.

Article L342-17-1

The provisions of article L. 342-17 apply to conveyers providing transport for tourism or sport in mountain resorts. In addition, before being put into operation, this equipment is subject to the auth…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Special provisions

Article 1638-0 bis

…nt of a merger of public establishments for intercommunal cooperation with additional own taxation, carried out under the conditions provided for by article L. 5211-41-3 of the General Code of Territo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transmission to the personal training account information system of information relating to holders of qualifications registered in national registers

Article R6113-17-2

The ministries and certifying bodies mentioned in article L. 6113-2 transmit the data mentioned in article R. 6113-17-1 to the personal training account information system within three months of the d…

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