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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Tariffs and settlement

Article 777

…109 109 and €15,932 15 Ranging between €15,932 and €552,324 20 Ranging between 552,324 and €902,838 30 Between €902,838 and €1,805,677 40 OverAbove €1,805,677 45 Table II Tariff of duties applicable b…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Private equity funds.

Article D214-59

…the innovative nature of their products, processes or techniques, as referred to in article L. 214-30, are submitted to the public limited company OSEO. They must be accompanied by : 1° A technical f…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 7: Objectives and resources agreement

Article D6323-21-5

…tification relating to the professional knowledge and skills base mentioned in I of article D. 6113-30 ; 2° Management costs relating to the task of monitoring the implementation of vocational develop…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Special provisions relating to health, safety and working conditions

Article R114-75

…ces, an inspection mission under the conditions provided for inarticle 5 of decree no. 85-603 of 10 June 1985 relating to health and safety at work and to professional and preventive medicine in the l…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Administrative fine for late payment

Article L2192-15

The public undertakings defined in II ofArticle 1 of Order no. 2004-503 of 7 June 2004 transposing Directive 80/723/EEC on the transparency of financial relations between Member States and the contrac…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Administrative fine for late payment

Article L3133-14

The public undertakings defined in II of Article 1 of Order no. 2004-503 of 7 June 2004 transposing Directive 80/723/EEC on the transparency of financial relations between Member States and the contra…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Trademarks and service marks

Article L712-5-1

…714-5 or, in the case of a European Union trade mark, Article 18 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1001 of 14 June 2017; 2° Or that there were just grounds for its non-use. For the purposes of the opposition ex…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Appointments committees

Article L511-98

…rticle 435(2)(c) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Public authorities, public institutions or public utilities

Article 1048 ter

…f the General Code on the Ownership of Public Persons or Article 13 of Ordinance No. 2004-559 of 17 June 2004 on partnership contracts, or by local authorities, their groupings or their public establi…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Fines for transport companies that fail to comply with entry regulations

Article L821-6

…ks on French territory, from a State that is not a party to the Convention signed in Schengen on 19 June 1990, a foreigner who is not a national of a Member State of the European Union, the Republic o…

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