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French General Tax CodeIn force
Ia: Business value added tax

Article 1586 octies

…obligations mentioned in 1 of II of this article and in the last paragraph of article 1679 septies.III. - Added value is taxed in the municipality where the taxpayer producing it has premises or empl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L4211-1

…in the single chapter of Title I of Book V of Part One, in article L. 3232-4 and Chapters I bis and III of Title V of Book II of Part Four;7° The allocation, on behalf of the State, of financial aid g…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R331-6

A declaration is required for all sporting events which take place in whole or in part on a public road or a road open to public traffic, or on its ancillary roads, and which: 1° Either constitute eve…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R331-7

In the disciplines for which they have been delegated, the delegating federations lay down the technical and safety rules applicable to the events mentioned in article R. 331-6. The specific regulatio…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Criminal provisions

Article R331-17-2

Organising a sporting event without the declaration required under article R. 331-6 is punishable by the penalties laid down for fifth-class offences. It is an offence punishable by the penalties laid…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Provisions applicable to companies whose financial instruments are no longer traded on a regulated market

Article L433-5

Articles L. 433-1 to L. 433-4 are applicable to companies whose financial instruments have ceased to be admitted to trading on a regulated market in order to be admitted to trading on a multilateral t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Relations between the Lyon metropolitan authority and the municipalities located on its territory

Article L3633-5

The metropole of Lyon may send to the municipal councillors of the communes located on its territory a copy of the notice of meeting sent to the metropolitan councillors before each meeting of the cou…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article L331-1

Civil actions and claims relating to literary and artistic property, including when they also relate to a related issue of unfair competition, shall be brought exclusively before judicial courts, dete…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article L331-1-3

In fixing the damages, the court shall take into account separately: 1° The negative economic consequences of the infringement of rights, including the loss of profit and loss suffered by the injured…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article L331-1-1

If the claimant proves circumstances likely to jeopardise the recovery of damages, the court may order the precautionary seizure of the movable and immovable property of the alleged infringer, includi…

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