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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions specific to specialised financing bodies

Article D214-240-5

…of the corporate officers with general authority to bind the company in relation to third parties; 3° The corporate name, purpose and registered office address of the management company managing the…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
XLIX: Tax credit for low-income housing associations investing in new housing in overseas France

Article 244 quater X

…'économie mixte exercising a real estate activity overseas and the bodies mentioned in l'article L. 365-1 of the same code may benefit from a tax credit for the acquisition or construction of new hous…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Allocation of sums held in the automatic cinema exhibition account

Article 232-12

…ver:1° The use, upkeep and maintenance of digital projection equipment;2° Catering for the disabled;3° The use of new tools and methods relating to data processing, electronic communication and digita…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rules applicable to authorised establishments and organisations

Article R1243-23

…on of all the activities for which they are authorised, including those provided for in Article R. 1243-3-1. They draw up and keep up to date a list of the agreements they have entered into with third…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: The Board of Directors

Article L1424-24-2

The department's representatives are elected by the departmental council from among its members within four months of its renewal. Lists of candidates must be composed alternately of one candidate of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Tasks and procedures for designating reference medical biology laboratories

Article D6211-23

…national reference centre for the control of transmissible diseases as referred to in Article L. 1413-3 is automatically included on the list referred to in the first paragraph of Article D. 6211-19.…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Automatic financial aid

Article 231-2

…rticles…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Exercise of control

Article L612-23

…he Consumer Code without prejudice to the powers granted to the agents mentioned in Articles L. 511-3 and L. 511-21 of the Consumer Code, under the conditions set out in Book V of the same Code. The S…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4: Production support

Article 422-23

…e genres of fiction, animation, creative documentary or audiovisual adaptation of live performances;3° Immersive works;4° Video games.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Other consequences

Article L232-23-5

…ck to the first violation in the cases provided for in the penultimate paragraph of I of article L. 232-23-3-8; 3° possibly obtained in disregard of the suspension in the cases provided for in IV of a…

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