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Showing 25712580 of 5384 articles for Art. 13 juill. 2005

French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Functional protection

Article R722-39

…ejudice to the agreement concluded between the lawyer and the judge under Article 10 of Law no. 71-1130 of 31 December 1971 reforming certain judicial and legal professions, the State may enter into a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Leasing

Article R754-7

…ht-hand column of the same table: " Applicable articles In the wording resulting from the decreeR. 313-3n° 2005-1007 of 2 August 2005R. 313-4No. 2021-1887 of 29 December 2021R. 313-5no. 2023-369 of 11…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions

Article L4331-2-1

…tivity of Corsica, pursuant to I of Article 52 of Finance Act no. 2004-1484 of 30 December 2004 for 2005 and I of l'article 40 de la loi n° 2005-1719 du 30 décembre 2005 de finances pour 2006, est ver…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Destination of ashes

Article L2223-18-4

…fine of €15,000 per offence. These provisions do not apply to cinerary sites created before 31 July 2005.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Equalisation allowance.

Article L3334-6-1

…e Local Finance Committee to the urban equalisation grant. For the application of this provision in 2005 and 2006, the amounts received in 2004 in respect of the equalisation allowance provided for in…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Ski lifts and ski runs.

Article L342-23

…es;-where the actual existence of the runway or facilities predates the entry into force of Law no. 2005-157 of 23 February 2005 on the development of rural areas;-where the establishment of the easem…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition and operation

Article R321-44

…pean Economic Area, as well as a description of the main problems encountered in applying Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005, as amended, on the rec…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Applicable regulations

Article R8293-4

…an identity photograph that does not comply with the standards set out in article 6-1 of decree no. 2005-1726 of 30 December 2005 relating to passports constitutes valid grounds for not issuing the ca…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Compulsory expenditure

Article L2573-41

…nçaise";2° In 3°, the words: "au régime général de sécurité sociale en application de l'article L. 213-25-2, les cotisations aux régimes de retraites" are replaced by the word: "versées";3° In 5°, the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Transfer and loss of trademark rights

Article L714-8

…hat emblem, may continue to exploit their rights provided that they were acquired before 8 December 2005 and that their use cannot appear, in time of armed conflict, to be intended to confer protectio…

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