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Showing 28112820 of 54779 articles for Art. Ordinance 2019-359 of 24 April 2019 – restrictive-practices reform

French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Conditions of liability

Article L481-7

It is presumed until proven otherwise that an agreement between competitors causes harm.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Conditions of liability

Article L481-5

A direct or indirect purchaser, whether of goods or services, who claims to have suffered the application or repercussion of an additional cost must prove its existence and extent. However, the indire…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Conditions of liability

Article L481-2

…by the Competition Authority or by the appeal court. A decision which may no longer be the subject of an ordinary appeal procedure in respect of the part relating to the finding of the existence and…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Conditions of liability

Article L481-4

The direct or indirect purchaser, whether of goods or services, is deemed not to have passed on the extra cost to its direct contractors, unless the defendant, the perpetrator of the anti-competitive…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Conditions of liability

Article L481-1

…taking or a body referred to in Article L. 464-2 is liable for the damage it has caused as a result of the commission of an anti-competitive practice defined in articles L. 420-1, L. 420-2, L. 420-2-1…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Conditions of liability

Article L481-3

The loss suffered by the claimant as a result of the anti-competitive practice referred to in Article L. 481-1 includes in particular: 1° The loss made, resulting : a) The additional cost correspondin…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Effects of liability

Article R481-1

…the parties' observations, request the Competition Authority to provide guidance on the assessment of the loss for which compensation is sought. The Competition Authority has two months to communicat…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 5 : Measures to boost the promotion of cinematographic works abroad

Article 916-48

By way of derogation from articles 721-12 and 721-13, the amount of the sums entered in the automatic account of foreign sales undertakings for 2021 is equal to the average of the sums entered in thei…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
c: Special provisions for gifts

Article 790 A bis

I.-Gifts of full ownership of sums of money made to a child, grandchild, great-grandchild or, in the absence of such a descendant, a nephew or niece, are exempt from free transfer tax up to a limit of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Health protection.

Article L1521-5

I.-Subject to the adaptations mentioned in II, the provisions of Title II of Book I of this Part shall apply to the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the…

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