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Showing 87218730 of 28516 articles for Art. Cass. com. 30-6-1998 n° 1402

French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Administrative regime for ships

Article 230

1. Subject to the provisions of 2 below, articles incorporated into French ships outside the Customs territory are treated as if they were imported directly into the part of the Customs territory wher…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Offences relating to doorstep selling and the distance provision of financial services

Article R753-28

Article R. 353-1 is applicable in French Polynesia in the version resulting from Decree no. 2018-229 of 30 March 2018.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Nature and entitlement to aid

Article R5141-1

The aid intended for people setting up or taking over a business, or undertaking the practice of another self-employed profession, provided for in this chapter, includes : 1° The exemption from social…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Mission to encourage the development of legal supply and to monitor the lawful and unlawful use of works and objects protected by copyright or neighbouring rights on electronic communications networks

Article L331-17

As part of its mission to encourage the development of legal supply, whether commercial or non-commercial, and to observe the use, whether legal or illegal, of works and objects protected by copyright…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2a: Infringement of the obligation to present accounts in electronic form, cost accounting or consolidated accounts

Article 1729 G

1. Any delay in the payment of sums due in respect of the advance payment provided for in 2° of 2 of Article 204 A or the additional withholding tax provided for in IV of Article 204 H shall give rise…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 212-27

The maximum amount of support is €30,000, including a maximum of €20,000 for the author.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article D811-1-2

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this chapter, the following shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands: 1° The provisions of Book IV mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Other administrative police measures

Article L5145-9

I.-Where a breach of the provisions of Article 104 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of 11 December 2018 or of the provisions adopted for the application of III of Article L. 5143-2 is established, the admini…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Extemporaneous preparation and retail sale.

Article L5143-8

The acquisition, possession and supply of medicinal products and medicated feedingstuffs held by the groups referred to in Article L. 5143-6 must be carried out under the control of a veterinarian or…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter V: Termination of the contract

Article L2195-1

Without prejudice to the provisions of article L. 6 and special legislative provisions, the purchaser may terminate the contract in the cases provided for in this chapter.

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