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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Digital asset service providers

Article L572-24

…legal entity and practising as a provider of the services referred to in 1° to 4° of Article L. 54-10-2 who, after formal notice, fails to respond to requests for information from the Autorité des ma…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Obligations of members and the company.

Article R322-74

Surpluses distributable in accordance with articles R. 322-77 and R. 322-106 are allocated on a priority basis to early repayment of the loan mentioned in article R. 322-49 in proportion to the subscr…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Specific provisions relating to assignment subledgers

Article R342-9-1

…xiliary allocation accounting mentioned in Article L. 381-2 are those mentioned in 1° to 7°, 9° and 10° of Article R. 343-3.The provisions mentioned in the previous paragraph, with the exception of th…

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

Article 611-26

…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 Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Setting payment periods

Article R3133-11

Notwithstanding article R. 3133-10, the payment period is set at : 1° Fifty days for public health establishments and establishments of the armed forces health service; 2° Sixty days for public undert…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Merger

Article L236-1

…ficiary company or companies and, if applicable, a cash balance, the amount of which may not exceed 10% of the nominal value of the shares allocated.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Common provisions

Article R514-3

…er of the filing declared to the Institute or, after the publication provided for in Article R. 512-10, to the last holder entered in the National Designs Register; 2° Or to the agent of the aforement…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: The Town Council

Article L2541-11

…own council referred to in article L. 2541-9 and against the finding referred to in Article L. 2541-10 is brought before the administrative court within ten days of the date on which the contested dec…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 2: Proceedings before the guardianship judge

Article 1220-4

…judge shall, if he considers it appropriate, hear the persons listed in articles 430,494-1 and 494-10 du code civil. This hearing is a matter of right when it is requested by a person applying for pr…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Criminal court

Article D45-7

…ept in the cases provided for by article D. 45-15, as well as the penalties set out in articles 226-10 and 441-1 of the Penal Code. On pain of inadmissibility, the request submitted pursuant to articl…

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