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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Resale rights

Article R122-5

The sale price of each work taken into consideration for the collection of droit de suite is, exclusive of tax, the auction price in the case of a sale by public auction and, for other sales, the tran…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Valuation of the property

Article R313-18

…professional skills resulting from:1° Either a higher education diploma attesting to specific real estate training and professional experience of at least three consecutive years with a real estate a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5141-8

…on of a marketing authorisation requiring assessment;3° Application for temporary authorisation for use of a veterinary medicinal product;4° Application for authorisation for parallel trade; 5° Applic…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Drawing up and auditing the accounts of the social and economic committee

Article D2315-36

…the threshold referred to in Article D. 2315-35, annual resources are equal to the total of: 1° The amount of the operating grant provided for in Article L. 2315-61 ; 2° The amount of the resources re…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Share savings plan

Article L221-31

I. - 1° The sums paid into the share savings plan are used for one or more of the following purposes : a) Shares, with the exception of those mentioned in article L. 228-11 of the French Commercial Co…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Home savings schemes

Article L221-29

…section 1 of Chapter V of Title I of Book III of the Construction and Housing Code.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Share savings plan

Article L221-30

Individuals of legal age whose tax residence is in France may open a share savings plan with a credit institution, the Caisse des dépôts et consignations, the Banque de France, La Banque Postale, an i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Share savings plan

Article L221-32

…d, within three months of the withdrawal or redemption, to financing the creation or takeover of a business for which the holder of the plan, his/her spouse, or partner in a civil solidarity pact, asc…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Home savings schemes.

Article R221-108

…Chapter V of Title I of Book III of the French Construction and Housing Code.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of the budget

Article D6362-1

…ate communicates to the president of the territorial council:1° A statement indicating the forecast amount of the net bases of each of the four direct local taxes and the household waste removal tax c…

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