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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Submission of applications

Article R612-21

The descriptions and claims contained in the applications filed may be drafted in a foreign language. If this option is used, the applicant shall be invited to provide a French-language translation of…

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

Article R533-21

The other convertible instruments referred to in 3° of Article L. 533-30-11 that may be used for the allocation of variable compensation are the only instruments that may be fully converted into Tier…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Criminal penalties

Article R5232-21

Failure to make the information provided for in I and II of article L. 5232-5 available to the public under the conditions defined in article R. 5232-20 is punishable by a fifth-class fine. Failure to…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval of the plan.

Article R626-21

The judgment adopting or rejecting the plan is notified to the debtor and to the representatives of the staff delegation of the social and economic committee and brought to the attention of the public…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to safeguard procedures, receivership, compulsory liquidation and conciliation procedures applicable to credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms.

Article R613-21

The claims referred to in article R. 613-20 are the subject, at the request of the creditors' representative or the liquidator, of the publication, in the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et com…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 210 sexies

The remuneration provided for in article L. 225-45 du code de commerce allocated in respect of a financial year to members of the board of directors or supervisory board of sociétés anonymes is deduct…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Housing finance companies

Article R513-21

Within the meaning of Article L. 515-38, the risk assessment methods used by a credit institution, finance company or insurance company included in the scope of consolidation of the housing finance co…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Removal of organs for scientific purposes.

Article R1232-21

Implementation of the protocol is suspended or prohibited if the conditions that justified its authorisation are no longer met and after the establishment or organisation has been invited to present i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Conciliation procedure.

Article R1142-21

If this is conducive to resolving the dispute and with the agreement of the claimant, the chairman of the commission may withdraw the request for conciliation and forward it either to the relevant com…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article A37-21

…subject to the fixed fine procedure and to receive payment for them, where payment is made immediately, ticketing officers use standard counterfoil receipt books, measuring 100 mm × 217 mm, the charac…

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