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French Customs CodeIn force
B. - Prescription against the administration.

Article 354 ter

…rovided for in articles 354 and 354a have elapsed, omissions or deficiencies in taxation constituting offences whose purpose or result is the non-recovery of duties or taxes, revealed by legal proceed…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Leave for sick children.

Article L1225-61

…paid leave in the event of the illness or accident, as certified by a doctor, of a child under the age of sixteen for whom they are responsible within the meaning of Article L. 513-1 of the Social Sec…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Collection, preparation and storage of blood, blood components and labile blood products.

Article L1221-8-1

…for research purposes, whether or not they have been collected by the Etablissement Français du Sang. In this case, the research is carried out using samples taken either for medical purposes or as p…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Relations between hoteliers and online reservation platforms

Article L311-5-1

The contract between a hotelier and a natural or legal person operating an online reservation platform for the rental of hotel rooms to customers may only be concluded in the name and on behalf of the…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4 : Digital equipment for cinemas cinematographic establishments

Article L213-19

In order to preserve the diversity of the cinematographic offer, any practice is prohibited and any contractual clause is deemed to be unwritten which is likely to make either the choice of distributi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Patent rights

Article L613-22

…l Property or, at the request of the patentee or a third party, under the conditions laid down by regulation. The decision is published and notified to the patentee. 2. Repealed.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Litigation

Article L716-4-3

An infringement action shall be inadmissible where, at the request of the defendant, the proprietor of the trade mark is unable to prove that: 1° That the trade mark has been put to genuine use in res…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions specific to certain contracts

Article R132-14

In the event of non-compliance with an application for registration, the applicant will be notified and given reasons. The applicant is given two months to regularise the application or submit observa…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 238 octies B

In the event of the transfer or redemption of the rights of a shareholder taxable in the category of industrial and commercial profits, non-commercial profits or agricultural profits, or subject to co…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VII: Obligations of taxpayers

Article 290 quinquies

Any provision of services including the execution of real estate work, whether or not accompanied by a sale, supplied to private individuals by a person liable for value added tax, must be the subject…

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