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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Acquisition of rights

Article R512-12

…of the impediment, and the act not performed must be performed within the same period. It is no longer admissible after a prefixed period of six months counted from the expiry of the unobserved perio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

Article L954-3

Article L. 443-1 is amended as follows:1° The last paragraph of I is replaced by the following provisions: "The cessation of advertising carried out under conditions that do not comply with the first…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Approval and exclusion.

Article L125-16

Subject to the share valuation procedure provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 125-17, any member of a collective shop may refer any decision taken pursuant to articles L. 125-12, L. 125-…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Deduction of spouse's salary

Article 154

I. For the purposes of determining industrial and commercial profits and the profits of non-commercial professions, the salary of the spouse actually participating in the exercise of the profession ma…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Authorisation

Article R212-10-16

The rector of the academic region may withdraw the authorisation of the training body in the event of failure to comply with any of the obligations set out in articles R. 212-10-11 to R. 212-10-13, af…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Provisions specific to public limited companies

Article L22-10-42

The commercial court within whose jurisdiction the company has its registered office may, at the request of the principal and for a period not exceeding three years, deprive the agent of the right to…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Definition and scope of application

Article L711-1

…all debts, both professional and non-professional, that are due and payable. The mere fact of owning one's principal residence, the estimated value of which on the date on which the overindebtedness…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Turnover taxes and similar taxes

Article 1695

I. - Value added tax is declared and collected when it becomes due, for the following transactions:1° Imports for which the person liable is a non-taxable person not identified in accordance with the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Cooperation agreements.

Article L6134-1

Within the framework of the missions entrusted to them and under the conditions defined by regulation, public or private not-for-profit health establishments may take part in cooperative actions, incl…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIX: Procedure applicable to sexual offences and the protection of minors who are victims

Article D47-11-3

When a person charged with the offence of failing to represent a child under the article 227-5 of the Criminal Code maintains that the acts of which he or she is accused were justified by violence or…

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