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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Technical protection and information measures

Article L331-5

Effective technological measures intended to prevent or limit uses not authorised by the holders of a copyright or a right related to copyright in a work, other than software, a performance, a phonogr…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR LOCAL AUTHORITIES GOVERNED BY ARTICLE 73 OF THE CONSTITUTION AND FOR SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON

Article R151-7

…public at the clerk's office of the judicial court. "; 6° The references to Regulation (EC) No 390-2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 are deleted; 7° In Article R. 14…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article D2311-6

For municipalities and their public administrative establishments that have opted to vote their budgets by function, the chapters correspond:a) Investment section:- for operations that can be broken d…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 AH

…e 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 t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Acquisition of Trade Mark Rights

Article L712-5-1

…n in Article L. 714-5 or, in the case of a European Union trade mark, Article 18 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of 14 June 2017; 2° Or that there were just grounds for its non-use. For the purposes of t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration policy and practices

Article L533-30-14

Discretionary pension benefits as defined in Article 4(1) 73 of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 shall be consistent with the economic strategy…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Designation of the law applicable to the matrimonial property regime made during the marriage

Article 1303-1

Where the marriage record is kept by a French authority, that authority shall mention in the margin of that record, at the request of the spouses or of one of them, the record designating the law appl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Professional bodies and professional secrecy

Article L773-4

…t-hand column of the same table: Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting fromL. 511-29Order no. 2017-1107 of 22 June 2017 L. 511-33Law no. 2022-401 of 21 March 2022L. 511-34Order no. 2020-115 of 1…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Banking, payment services and electronic money

Article L754-1

…ht-hand column of the same table:Articles applicableIn the wording resulting fromL. 311-1 Order no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 L. 311-2Law no. 2023-171 of 9 March 2023 containing various provisions for…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Professional bodies and professional secrecy

Article L774-4

…t-hand column of the same table: Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting fromL. 511-29Order no. 2017-1107 of 22 June 2017 L. 511-33Law no. 2022-401 of 21 March 2022L. 511-34Order no. 2020-115 of 1…

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