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Showing 13111320 of 10664 articles for Art. CJEU – Pronuptia – Case 161/84 – 28 Jan. 1986

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Grant of cinematographic representation rights

Article L213-10

…the proportional contribution is determined by the proceeds from the sale of admissions or, in the case of a cinema access package giving entitlement to multiple admissions, the sums corresponding to…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Payment of tax

Article 1680

…article L. 252 A of the Book of Tax Procedures, are payable in cash, up to a limit of €300, as the case may be, at the cash office of the public accountant responsible for collection or at the servic…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Private equity funds.

Article R214-52

…version rights and in the interests of unitholders, this limit may be temporarily exceeded. In this case, the management company will inform the Autorité des marchés financiers, the custodian and the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Private equity funds.

Article R214-70

…version rights and in the interests of unitholders, this limit may be temporarily exceeded. In this case, the management company will inform the Autorité des marchés financiers, the custodian and the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Private equity funds.

Article R214-72

…not admitted to trading on a financial instruments market within the meaning of I of Article L. 214-28 or in entities referred to in 2° of II of Article L. 214-28 or in venture capital funds referred…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
V: Partitioning and similar transactions

Article 750 bis A

…herited property meeting the conditions set out in II of Article 750, established between 1 January 1986 and 31 December 2014, are exempt from the 2.50% tax on the value of buildings located in Corsic…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application.

Article L3261-1

…d their public establishments, establishments mentioned inarticle 2 of law no. 86-33 of 9th January 1986 on statutory provisions relating to the hospital civil service and public interest groups.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Compulsory expenditure

Article D2321-8

…and operation of secondary and special education establishments that were municipal on 1st January 1986, the date of transfer of responsibility, as well as their sports teaching annexes is, in the ab…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Staff

Article R621-48

…ctual agents governed by public law are subject to the provisions of Decree no. 86-83 of 17 January 1986 relating to the general provisions applicable to contractual agents of the State, with the exce…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Agency agreement

Article L132-18

…f the said organisation under conditions determined by the author or his successors in title.In the case provided for in the previous paragraph, the provisions of article L. 131-1.The general performa…

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