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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 8: Civil liability.

Article L225-256

…company is subject to the provisions of articles L. 225-57 to L. 225-93 and L. 22-10-18 to L. 22-10-30, members of the Management Board are subject to the same liability as directors under the conditi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Appeals to the Court of Appeal against decisions of the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property

Article R411-37

…t present all their substantive claims in the submissions referred to in articles R. 411-29, R. 411-30 and R. 411-32. Inadmissibility may also be raised by the party against whom subsequent submission…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Composition.

Article L5211-44-1

…tments whose territory includes mountain areas delimited in accordance with article 3 of law no. 85-30 of 9 January 1985 relating to the development and protection of mountain areas, the composition o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Practice of the profession.

Article R4381-72

…mented by a reference to the particulars set out in 1° and 2° of article 72 of decree no. 84-406 of 30 May 1984 relating to the register of companies. In professional documents, each partner introduce…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Increased rates for calculating sums representing automatic aid

Article 919-12

For the period between 30 June 2021 and 28 September 2021, the calculation rates are set at :- 138.50% when the amount of revenue generated by feature films is less than or equal to €307,500;- 130.51%…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Funds open to professional investors

Article D742-12

…the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 214-187-1n° 2014-87 of 30 January 2014D. 214-188 and D. 214-195no. 2013-687 of 25 July 2013D. 214-202-1n° 2014-87 of 30 Jan…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Funds open to professional investors

Article D743-12

…the same table:Applicable articlesIn the version resulting from the decreeD. 214-187-1n° 2014-87 of 30 January 2014D. 214-188 and D. 214-195no. 2013-687 of 25 July 2013D. 214-202-1n° 2014-87 of 30 Jan…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 197 A

…e less than or equal to the upper limit of the second bracket of the income tax scale and a rate of 30% to the fraction above this limit ; these rates of 20% and 30% are reduced to 14.4% and 20% respe…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Innovation mutual funds.

Article D214-59

…the innovative nature of their products, processes or techniques, as referred to in article L. 214-30, are submitted to the public limited company OSEO. They must be accompanied by : 1° A technical f…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 7: Objectives and resources agreement

Article D6323-21-5

…tification relating to the professional knowledge and skills base mentioned in I of article D. 6113-30 ; 2° Management costs relating to the task of monitoring the implementation of vocational develop…

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