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Showing 12211230 of 3358 articles for Art. 20 févr. 2001

French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Board of Directors.

Article R411-15

…ce, the Minister for the Budget and the Minister for Tourism in application ofarticle 79 of law no. 2001-1276 on the amending finance law for 2001, including the possible allocation of financial assis…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Social and tax regime.

Article L3332-27

…y exemptions, the regulations of company savings plans established after the publication of law no. 2001-152 of 19 February 2001 on employee savings schemes must be filed under the conditions set out…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Community Designs

Article L515-1

Any infringement of the rights defined in Article 19 of Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 of 12 December 2001 on Community designs constitutes an infringement giving rise to civil liability on the par…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
G: Special rates

Article 281 sexies

…d charcuterie made to persons not subject to this tax (1). (1) Provisions applicable from 1 January 2001.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Temporary exemptions

Article 1395

…of sowing, planting or replanting. From 1 January of the year following the promulgation of Act no. 2001-602 du 9 juillet 2001 d'orientation sur la forêt, this exemption period is reduced to ten years…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Banknotes.

Article R122-4

…t companies, shall comply with their obligations under Article 6 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1338/2001 of 28 June 2001 laying down measures necessary for the protection of the euro against counterfe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article L225-102

…former employees within the framework of company mutual funds governed by Chapter III of loi n° 88-1201 du 23 décembre 1988relative aux organismes de placement collectif en valeurs mobilières et porta…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Import and export

Article R5121-121

…he authorisation to open the establishment authorised within the meaning of Article 40 of Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001 on the Community code re…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Publication of notices relating to the European Company

Article R123-171-1

The notice provided for in Article 14 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2157/2001 on the Statute for a European Company (SE) of 8 October 2001, in the event of the registration and deletion of a European…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Judgment

Article R4443-7

…49 are applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia in their version resulting from decree no. 2022-381 of 16 March 2022, subject to the adaptations provided for in II. II.-For its application in…

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