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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Transparency and disclosure requirements

Article R321-14

…nting Standards Authority; 2° A report on the activities of the financial year; 3° The number of refusals to grant an operating licence in accordance with the provisions of the third paragraph of Arti…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE V: PROPERTY AND STAFF

Article L3651-2

…and do not give rise to the payment of the contribution provided for in article 879 of the General Tax Code nor the collection of taxes, duties or levies of any kind whatsoever.They entail the transf…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 7: Dissolution.

Article L5214-28

…the State in the department(s) concerned;b) Or, where the communauté de communes has opted for the tax system defined in Article 1609 nonies C of the General Tax Code, at the request of the municipal…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Special contribution.

Article L8253-1

…This amount may be reduced in the event of non-cumulation of offences or in the event of spontaneous payment by the employer of the wages and allowances due to the foreign employee not authorised to…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 1: Remuneration of the administrator.

Article R663-13

…on where the total remuneration calculated in application of that tariff exceeds €100,000 excluding tax. In the case provided for in the first paragraph, the administrator's remuneration, which may no…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R3334-0-1

…r the application of article L. 3334-3:1° The income taken into account is the last known reference tax income;2° The average per capita income of all the départements is equal to the sum of the incom…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 8: Advertising.

Article D5141-88-1

I.-The amount of the tax provided for in 5° of 1 of I of article L. 5141-8 is set at : a) €2,000 per request for prior authorisation for advertising relating to a medicinal product and comprising up t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Essential health and safety requirements.

Article R5211-23

…the essential requirements relating to design and manufacture, active implantable medical devices must be designed, manufactured and packaged in such a way as to meet the following objectives: 1° to…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Obligations of the usufructuary

Article 603

In the absence of a surety from the usufructuary, the owner may require that the furniture which withers through use be sold, for the price of it to be placed like that of commodities; and then the us…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-section 3: Provisions relating to sports betting bans

Article R131-41

The Autorité nationale des jeux defines the nomenclature of competitions that may be used to organise sports betting online and in physical distribution networks, which must be used to submit the info…

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