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Showing 16711680 of 19301 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 18 Jan. 2011 – no. 09-72.510

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: The National Institute of Industrial Property

Article L411-2

…he national register of companies, up to the ceiling provided for in I of Article 46 of Finance Act 2011-1977 of 28 December 2011 for 2012. The portion of the fees collected by the Institute for the m…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter one: Setting the rates used to calculate direct local taxation

Article 1640 D

…members of a public inter-municipal cooperation establishment with its own tax status on 1 January 2011 and that join a public inter-municipal cooperation establishment with additional tax status tha…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Investments

Article R353-3

…sferable securities or other financial instruments based on repackaged debt issued before 1 January 2011, the requirements set out in Article R. 353-2 shall apply only if the underlying exposures have…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions relating to oxygen or mixtures other than air

Article A322-91

…ng with oxygen and mixtures other than air are set out in annexes III-17 a, III-17 b, III-17 c, III-18 a, III-18 b and III-18 c.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Chapter III: Resources and means

Article R1233-2

…3-1. As such, it is subject, for its borrowings, to the rules set out in the I of Article 12 of Law no. 2010-1645 of 28 December 2010 on public finance programming for the years 2011 to 2014. It also…

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

Article 242 septies

…the first paragraph of this article ;4° Present, for each of the directors and partners, a bulletin no. 3 of the criminal record free of any convictions;5° Provide proof of annual certification of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Removal of embryonic or foetal tissues or cells for scientific purposes following termination of pregnancy.

Article R1241-23

…spend or prohibit implementation of the protocol under the conditions described in Articles R. 1232-18 and R. 1232-22. The decision to suspend or prohibit is communicated to the Director General of th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General principles

Article L1871-1

…daptations provided for in II. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS AS PROVIDED FOR IN L. 1611-1 and L. 1611-2 law no. 96-142 of 21 February 1996 L. 1611-2-1 the loi n° 2011-1978 du 28 décembre 2011 L. 1611-3 law no…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Implementing measures

Article L412-8

…221-5, in a legible and comprehensible manner, the information required by Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 on the provision of food infor…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1609 C

…ear, for the following year, within the limit of the ceiling provided for in I of Article 46 of Law no. 2011-1977 of 28 December 2011 on finances for 2012, by the board of directors of the public esta…

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