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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Processing applications

Article L612-12

Any patent application shall be rejected, in whole or in part: 1° Which does not satisfy the conditions referred to in Article L. 612-1 ; 2° Which has not been divided in accordance with Article L. 61…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Payment systems and settlement and delivery systems for financial instruments

Article L754-14

…of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 330-1 with the exception of 1° of I and L. 330 2 Law no. 2021-1308 of 8 October 2021 L. 330-3 Order no. 2009-866 of 15 July 2009…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Services provided to shareholders by intermediaries

Article R228-32-1

…information are specified by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1212 of 3 September 2018: 1° In Article 2 of that Regulation, as regards the standardised formats, interoperability and langua…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Referral to and decision by the court.

Article R621-2-1

Where the number of employees employed by the debtor, determined in accordance with the provisions of 4° of Article R. 621-1, is at least equal to 50, the guarantee institutions mentioned in Article L…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Common provisions.

Article R334-1

Public limited companies subject to the provisions of article L. 334-1 are exempt from the levy prescribed by article L. 232-10 of the French Commercial Code.

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

Article L324-17

…performances, the development of artistic and cultural education and training actions for artists: 1° 25% of sums from private copy levies; 2° All sums collected pursuant to Articles L. 122-10, L. 13…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 8: Health surveillance, safety and policing

Article R1442-19

…deloupe, Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy, articles R. 1435-1 to R. 1435-7 are amended as follows: 1° Article R. 1435-2 is amended as follows: a) I is replaced by the following provisions: "I.-A join…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
E: Miscellaneous measures

Article 1755

…ns have not been the subject, prior to the date of dispatch of the registered letter referred to in 1°, of the initiation of any administrative or judicial proceedings or of any proposed rectification…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Requisitioning and seizures

Article D15-5

When a requisition under the article 60-1 without a dedicated report being drawn up, mention of this act is made in the report setting out the steps taken by the requesting magistrate, the judicial po…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article L8271-3

When they are not part of the national police or gendarmerie services, the control officers referred to in Article L. 8271-1-2 may call upon sworn interpreters registered on one of the lists provided…

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