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Showing 521530 of 2709 articles for Art. Directive 86/653/EEC

French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter III: SPECIFIC PROVISIONS FOR BOOK III

Article D2643-2

…on of the reference of the European standard on electronic invoicing and the list of syntaxes under Directive 2014/55/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council is replaced by the electronic inv…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter III: SPECIFIC PROVISIONS FOR BOOK III

Article D2623-2

…on of the reference of the European standard on electronic invoicing and the list of syntaxes under Directive 2014/55/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council is replaced by the electronic inv…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Other powers

Article L621-20-5

…financial instruments and contracts or to measure the performance of investment funds and amending Directives 2008/48/ EC and 2014/17/ EU and Regulation (EU) No 596/2014.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Characterisation of infringements of rights

Article R331-18

I.-The rapporteur referred to in Article 42-7 of Law No. 86-1067 of 30 September 1986 on freedom of communication may refer to himself any information likely to justify initiating the investigation pr…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Persons authorised to canvass.

Article D341-13

Pursuant to II of article L. 341-4, the renewal of a direct seller's contract must be declared no later than five days before its expiry date. Failure by the persons referred to in 1° and 3° of articl…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: TEMPORARY PROTECTION

Article L581-6

…who have obtained the right to join him/her on the basis of the provisions of Article 15 of Council Directive 2001/55/EC of 20 July 2001 shall automatically receive a temporary residence document of t…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO BOOK I

Article D2621-2

…on of the reference of the European standard on electronic invoicing and the list of syntaxes under Directive 2014/55/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council is replaced by the reference to t…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO BOOK I

Article D3321-3

…on of the reference of the European standard on electronic invoicing and the list of syntaxes under Directive 2014/55/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council is replaced by the reference to t…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO BOOK I

Article D3341-3

…on of the reference of the European standard on electronic invoicing and the list of syntaxes under Directive 2014/55/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council is replaced by the reference to t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Employee inventions

Article R611-2

…the applications envisaged; 2° The circumstances in which it was made, for example: instructions or directives received, experience or work of the company used, collaborations obtained; 3° The classif…

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