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Showing 48114820 of 5611 articles for Art. Directive 86/653/EEC – 18 Dec. 1986

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Submission and processing of applications

Article L612-16

An applicant who has not complied with a time limit vis-à-vis the National Institute of Industrial Property may lodge an appeal with a view to having his rights restored if he proves a legitimate excu…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Interest rates

Article L341-50

Granting a usurious loan to another person or assisting, in any capacity or in any way whatsoever, directly or indirectly, in obtaining or granting a usurious loan or a loan that would become usurious…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 septies

I. - When they are not taken into account for the assessment of income in the various categories, are eligible for an income tax reduction of 25% up to an overall ceiling for annual payments equal to…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: The Town Council

Article L2121-15

At the beginning of each of its meetings, the Town Council appoints one or more of its members to act as secretary.It may add to this secretary or these secretaries auxiliaries, taken from outside its…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Common provisions

Article 706-105

When, in the course of the investigation, the provisions of articles 706-80 to 706-95, a person who has been in police custody six months previously and who has not been prosecuted may ask the public…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Police custody

Article 706-88-1

If it emerges from the initial elements of the investigation or from police custody itself that there is a serious risk of imminent terrorist action in France or abroad, or that the requirements of in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose

Article L515-4

Mutual guarantee companies may be set up between traders, industrialists, manufacturers, craftsmen, commercial companies and members of the liberal professions. Their purpose is to guarantee their mem…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L526-8

I. - In order to grant authorisation, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall ensure that, taking into account the need to guarantee the sound and prudent management of the electron…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Algorithmic trading activities applicable to investment services providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L533-10-3

In this sub-section and for the purposes of the provisions relating to algorithmic trading : 1° "algorithmic trading" means trading in financial instruments in which a computer algorithm automatically…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Illegal practice.

Article L4161-2

The practice of dentistry is unlawful: 1° Any person who habitually or by continuous direction, even in the presence of a practitioner, takes part in the practice of dentistry, by consultation, person…

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