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Showing 15711580 of 3456 articles for Art. CE 31 Jul 2009 n° 305903

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Single chapter: The Autorité des marchés financiers

Article D621-30

…nd of the twelve-month period following publication of the visa, the amount of shares and mutualist certificates issued or sold. For the application of 3° of II of Article L. 621-5-3, issuers liable f…

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

Article 238 bis LA

Profits made by associations of lawyers mentioned in Article 7 of Law no. 71-1130 of 31 December 1971 reforming certain judicial and legal professions shall be taxed in accordance with the rules laid…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R123-222-2

…longs to the social and solidarity economy pursuant to 1° of II of Article 1 of Law No. 2014-856 of 31 July 2014 on the social and solidarity economy.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Temporary work

Article R1255-7

…ontributions of the termination of the guarantee, in disregard of the provisions of article R. 1251-31, is punishable by a second-class fine.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions applicable to sociétés d'exercice libéral.

Article R743-125

…itions provided for by articles L. 223-14 and L. 228-24 and by the Article 10 of Law no. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Scope of the tax

Article 208 ter B

I. - Organisations that receive interest from sums held in special passbook accounts opened before 1 January 2009, under conditions defined by decree, by the mutual credit banks that are members of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Tasks of healthcare institutions.

Article L6111-2

…ts, healthcare-associated infections and iatrogenia, define a policy for medicinal products and devices mentioned in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Management leases.

Article L144-13

…ng transactions relating to goodwill or craft businesses mentioned in 3° of l'article 1er de la loi n° 66-455 du 2 juillet 1966 relative aux entreprises pratiquant le crédit-bail. The provisions of Ar…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Rights of audiovisual communication companies

Article L216-1

…dcasting, their making available to the public online and their communication to the public in a place accessible to the public on payment of an admission fee, are subject to authorisation by the audi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions of practice of the profession of industrial property attorney

Article L422-3

Any company carrying out the activities mentioned in Article L. 422-1 on the date of entry into force of the loi n° 90-1052 du 26 novembre 1990 preceded may apply to be entered on the list of industri…

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