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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions.

Article R214-119

…ompanies that do not meet the conditions set out in 2° and 3° of article R. 214-85 up to a limit of 10% of its assets.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable to probation with reinforced monitoring

Article D546-8

…with the time limits set out in articles D. 546-2 and D. 546-4 of this code and by articles D. 621-10 and D. 621-11 of the Penitentiary Code does not constitute a cause of nullity for summonses or ac…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition and preparation

Article R4433-7

…which includes representatives of the local authorities and bodies listed in II of article L. 4433-10, is set up on the initiative of the president of the deliberative assembly of the region, departm…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: In-company vocational re-education agreement

Article R5213-16

Notwithstanding articles R. 5213-10 and R. 5213-12, the agreement referred to in I of article L. 5213-3-1 does not require the prior opinion of the Commission des droits et de l'autonomie des personne…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Equity financing of cinematographic or audiovisual works

Article 238 bis HF

…mée to original French-language works, as defined in the decree issued in application of law no. 86-1067 of 30 September 1986 relating to freedom of communication, of the nationality of a State party…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Document prévisionnel de gestion des emplois et des crédits de personnel (forward-looking document for managing jobs and staff appropriations)

Article A114-5

…al council and the minister responsible for sport, for information, before 15th May and before 15th September. At the time of these updates, only the tables for monitoring jobs and staff costs are pro…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions

Article R335-5

…tal Communications Regulatory Authority) designated in application of IV of Article 4 of Law No. 86-1067 of 30 September 1986 on freedom of communication to implement a means of securing his or her ac…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Withdrawal and dissolution

Article R1431-19

…distributed under the same conditions.III. - Allocation operations must take place no later than 30 September of the year following the withdrawal. Failing this, the distribution is carried out, in ac…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VII: Legal costs

Article R310

…ted;2° For its application in New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in 10° of I, the words: "pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2020/1783 of the European Parliament and of the Co…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General principles

Article L1142-3

…the human person, who may be held liable in accordance with the first paragraph of article L. 1121-10 and who is subject to the insurance obligation provided for in the third paragraph of the same ar…

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