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French Customs CodeIn force
A. - Limitation period against debtors.

Article 353

…vis the debtors, three years after each expired year, from the custody of the registers of receipts and other documents of the said year, without being obliged to represent them, if there were still i…

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French Customs CodeIn force
B. - Prescription against the administration.

Article 354

Subject to article 354 bis, the administration's right of recovery is exercised within a period of three years from the chargeable event. The limitation period is interrupted by the notification of a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of midwives.

Article R4127-310-3

…Economic Area who have been granted partial access to the profession of midwife underarticle L. 4002-5 of the Public Health Code, when presenting their activity to the public, in particular on a webs…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: Authorisation to operate as an operator

Article L212-3

…n, the authorisation is issued to this person on presentation of proof of registration in the Trade and Companies Register.When the activity of cinema entertainment venue operator is carried out by a…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: Tax on admission prices to screenings organised by cinema operators

Article L115-3

…payable on a monthly basis per cinema, for the cinema weeks completed during the month in question and during which at least two screenings were organised. However, for the months of December and Jan…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Lien and enforcement of pledges

Article L124-3

…d the sale, which the pursuing party must serve on each of the creditors entered in the public film and audiovisual register or in the register of options, at the address given in the entry.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Communication of information relating to revenue

Article L126-3

…t contracts entered into in connection with the production of a cinematographic or audiovisual work and conferring on the beneficiary a percentage right in the box office receipts of that work.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Status and missions

Article L111-3

…du Cinéma et de l'Image Animée has the following prerogatives on behalf of the State: 1° He studies and participates in the drafting of legislative and regulatory texts relating to the cinema and othe…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Registration and publication of deeds, agreements and judgements

Article L123-3

…ons for registration under the provisions of…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Detection of breaches and offences

Article L414-3

The agents mentioned in…

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