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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Rights and obligations attached to plant variety certificates

Article L623-23-1

The plant variety certificate shall be declared null and void, by court decision, if it is established that: 1° Either it has been granted to a person who was not entitled to it, unless it is transfer…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Rights and obligations attached to plant variety certificates

Article L623-22-1

…for a biotechnological invention cannot exploit the invention without infringing a prior plant variety right, he may apply for a licence to exploit the variety protected by the variety right, provide…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Creation of delegated communes within a new commune

Article L2113-12-2

…s elected by the municipal council of the new commune from among its members, under the conditions set out in Article L. 2122-7. By way of derogation, the mayor of the former commune in office at the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Distribution of the proceeds of road traffic fines

Article L2334-25-1

Net revenue losses resulting from I to V of Article 63 of Law No. 2014-58 of 27 January 2014 on the modernisation of territorial public action and the affirmation of metropolises are compensated for t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Etablissements publics de coopération intercommunale dotés d'une fiscalité propre.

Article L5211-28-1

…pursuant to I of D of article 44 of the Finance Act for 1999 (no. 98-1266 of 30 December 1998) and 2° bis of II of article 1648 B of the General Tax Code as it stood prior to the Finance Act for 2004…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Eligible training courses and use of the account

Article L6323-17-2

…transition project, the employee must provide proof of a minimum length of service as an employee, determined by decree. The seniority condition is not required for the employee mentioned in article L…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Pledge of goods represented by a storage receipt

Article R522-24-10

I.-An appeal against a decision to refuse registration, modification or deletion shall be lodged with the president of the commercial court within whose jurisdiction the operator of the platform that…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation to set up within a reference area

Article R761-12-2

…fore this date, the authorisation will be deemed to have been granted. If the application is incomplete, the Prefect will, within fifteen days of receipt of the application, indicate to the applicant,…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
6: Payroll tax

Article 1679

…d by employers in respect of the payroll tax referred to in article 231 must be remitted to the competent public accountant under the conditions and within the time limits that are set by decree. The…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Accounting obligations applicable to certain traders, whether natural or legal persons.

Article D123-205-1

…the references of the supporting documents.The register referred to in the same article shall show details of purchases in chronological order, distinguishing between cash payments and indicating the…

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