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Showing 911920 of 60433 articles for Art. Loi 86-18 du 6-1-1986

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Exploitation rights

Article R613-18

…or an operating licence provided for in Article L. 613-17 is sent to the Minister responsible for industrial property. It shall indicate: 1° The surname, first names, profession, address and nationali…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Fees for procedures

Article A444-18

…ection of an additional session fee equal to 74.40 € per half-hour, each additional half-hour being due in full: SERVICE NUMBER (table 3-1 of article appendix 4-7) DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE PERIOD OF PER…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 5: Specific provisions applicable in the event of a finding that does not allow the ticket to be issued immediately and in the event of the use of a secure electronic device

Article A37-18

The payment notice sets out all the options available to the offender for paying the fine as well as the practical arrangements for payment. A detachable payment card is incorporated at the bottom of…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Framework agreements with purchase orders

Article R2191-18

When the framework agreement executed by the issue of purchase orders provides for a minimum amount of more than 50,000 euros excluding tax and is concluded by a purchase order grouping, the advance p…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Levies

Article R512-18

Sampling shall be carried out in two samples where, because of their value, nature, the insufficient quantity available, the weight or volume of the goods or of the samples intended for analysis or te…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Investment rules

Article R214-18

…ofitable to implement;2° They are used to achieve one or more of the following objectives:a) Risk reduction ;b) Cost reduction ;c) Creation of additional capital or income for the UCITS;3° The risks t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Conditions for exercising departmental mandates

Article L3123-18

…directors or supervisory board of a company or who chairs a company may not receive, for all their duties, a total amount of remuneration and allowances exceeding one and a half times the amount of t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Conditions for exercising regional mandates

Article L4135-18

A regional councillor who holds other electoral mandates or who sits in this capacity on the board of directors of a local public establishment, the national centre for territorial civil servants, the…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Criminal penalties

Article L132-18

…punishable under Article L. 132-17 shall incur, in addition to the fine in accordance with the procedures set out in the Article 131-38 of the Penal Code, the penalties set out in 2° to 9° of Article…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Competition, consumer affairs and fraud control officers

Article L511-18

…carried out: 1° At the point of entry into the territory prior to any placing under a customs procedure; 2° When the goods are placed under one of the following customs procedures: a) Transit; b) Cus…

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