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Showing 27412750 of 18819 articles for Art. CJEU – Coty – C-230/16 – 6 Dec. 2017

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Company accounts

Article L232-6

…er controls nor is controlled by another company within the meaning of II or III of article L. 233-16, and whose turnover at the end of two consecutive financial years exceeds a threshold set by decre…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Staff of hospital foundations

Article R6141-64

…ns may be : 1° Civil servants working for a public legal entity mentioned inarticle 2 of law no. 83-634 of 13 July 1983 on the rights and obligations of civil servants and placed in a position in acco…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Traders.

Article R128-6

…ate, by the Director General of Public Finance;g) Agents of the department mentioned in Article L. 561-23 of the Monetary and Financial Code, individually designated and specially authorised by the di…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Acts relating mainly to the family

Article A444-62

…ortional to the sum cantoned, according to the following scale: Base brackets Rate applicable 0 to €6,500 2.58% From €6,500 to €17,000 1.064% From €17,000 to €30,000 0.709% Over €30,000 0.532%

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 211-63

The following are considered to be preparatory expenses for the production of feature-length cinematographic works:1° Sums paid by production companies in return for options or assignments relating to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Investment programmes.

Article D6145-64

The investment programme provided for in 4° of Article L. 6143-7 includes the following information in particular:1° For works, for the acquisition of heavy equipment mentioned in article R. 6122-26 o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article 698-7

The provisions of Article 698-6 are applicable, for the trial of ordinary crimes committed in the performance of service by military personnel, only if there is a risk of disclosure of a national defe…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 611-26

…nd accessible to people with disabilities;4° Editorial expenses;5° Promotion and marketing expenses;6° Subtitling or dubbing expenses;7° Overheads, up to 10% of the expenses mentioned in 1° to 6°.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Commercial development commissions

Article R751-6

The four members mentioned in 6° of article L. 751-6 are appointed on the respective proposals of the presidents of the Association des maires de France, the Assemblée des communautés de France, the A…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Demographic upgrading.

Article D133-60

…mentioned in article L. 133-17 and which have a tourist population are set by decree no. 91-875 of 6 September 1991 taken for the application of the first paragraph of article 88 of law no. 84-53 of…

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