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Showing 40114020 of 19706 articles for Art. SI 1963/1319 — France–UK estate-duty convention

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Management of income from the exploitation of rights

Article L324-17

…L. 214-1, L. 217-2 and L. 311-1 and which could not be distributed either pursuant to international conventions to which France is a party, or because their recipients could not be identified or found…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Successive contracts in the same position.

Article L1244-3-1

In the absence of a stipulation in the agreement or branch agreement concluded in application of article L. 1244-3, this waiting period is equal to: 1° One third of the duration of the expired contrac…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Succession of contracts.

Article L1251-36-1

…rsuant toArticle L. 1251-36, this waiting period is equal to: 1° One third of the duration of the assignment contract that has expired if the duration of the contract, including, where applicable, its…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IX: The European Company

Article L229-9

…r has its central administration in France, any interested party may apply to the court to have the situation regularised by transferring the registered office or re-establishing the central administr…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article L133-1

I. - Under the conditions set out in II to IV, the provisions of this chapter apply to payment services provided by the payment service providers mentioned in Book V in the context of the activities d…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Application procedure

Article R5221-16

If the foreign national does not reside in France, the application must be sent to: 1° If the employer is established in France, to the prefect of the département in which the establishment to which t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Interventional radiology activities

Article R6123-172

The holder of the authorisation for category D ensures, on a permanent basis, in conjunction with the emergency medical assistance service mentioned in article R. 6123-1, the diagnosis and treatment o…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 212-6

…or a regional language used in France is the most widely used language, are eligible for direct subsidies.However, this condition does not apply to projects for fictional works based on operas and pr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Closure of the judicial liquidation.

Article R643-23

If the cheque-writing ban that has been suspended pursuant to Article L. 643-12 resumes its effects following recovery by the creditors of their right of individual pursuit, the enforceable order refe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Administrative, accounting and financial management of the personal training account

Article R6333-10

…es of the fund mentioned in the first paragraph of the same article. If the Caisse des dépôts et consignations finds that commitments cannot be covered on a long-term basis, it will inform the Directo…

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