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Showing 28212830 of 3358 articles for Art. 20 févr. 2001

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Submission of applications

Article R612-2

…to all acts and the receipt of all notifications provided for in the articles R. 611-15 to R. 611-20, R. 612-1 to R. 613-3, R. 613-44 to R. 613-65, R. 616-1 to R. 616-3 and R. 618-1 to R. 618-4. The…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Tax base

Article 972 bis

…dertaking for collective investment are composed directly or indirectly, to the extent of less than 20%, of immovable property or rights taxable under the conditions provided for in 2° of the said art…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Special provisions for legal entities.

Article L4741-11

…case, which acquits the natural person(s) prosecuted on the basis of articles 221-6, 221-19 and 221-20 of the Criminal Code, requires the company to take all measures to restore normal health and safe…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Penalties and suspicious transaction reports

Article L784-9

…the 9th and 10th paragraphs of d) and h) of its II, d) of its III and 3° of its III bis Order no. 2021-1735 of 22 December 2021 L. 621-16 and L. 621-16-1 Law 2016-819 of 21 June 2016 L. 621-17 Ordin…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Penalties and suspicious transaction reports

Article L785-8

…the 9th and 10th paragraphs of d) and h) of its II, d) of its III and 3° of its III bis Order no. 2021-1735 of 22 December 2021 L. 621-16 and L. 621-16-1 Law 2016-819 of 21 June 2016 L. 621-17 Ordin…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General rules governing the composition of assets

Article R214-10

The money market instruments referred to in 2° of I of Article L. 214-20 meet the following conditions: 1° They meet at least one of the following criteria: a) They have an issue maturity of up to 397…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors

Article R1313-14

…on Professional Conduct and Prevention of Conflicts of Interest that it proposes to the Ministers; 20° The rules governing the admissibility of referrals to the Agency other than those governed by Ar…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Aid for property investment and leasing granted to businesses in regional aid areas.

Article R1511-14

…ure relating to the property investment is financed without any public aid. This rate is reduced to 20% in French Guyana.The obligations resulting from this article are mentioned in the agreement prov…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Composition

Article R621-2

…elves to be in a conflict of interest situation pursuant to Article 12 of the aforementioned Act of 20 January 2017, shall be mentioned in the minutes. A member who has not taken part in the deliberat…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R5134-17

…h another employer are planned during the course of the contract, in application of article L. 5134-20 ; c) The name of the mentor referred to in articles R. 5134-37 and R. 5134-60 and the organisatio…

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