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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Exceptional aid to help offset the loss of revenue resulting from the introduction of the health pass

Article 919-53

…rticle 221-4 for the distribution of cinematographic works that:1° Were released in cinemas between 14 July 2021 and 28 September 2021;2° Have not given rise to the issue of a distribution licence men…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Public land registry service

Article 881 B

…amending or supplementary forms filed pursuant to paragraph 3 of article 34 of decree n° 55-1350 of 14 October 1955 taken for the application of decree n° 55-22 of 4 January 1955 reforming land regist…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Special schemes

Article 1594-0 F sexies

Sales resulting from the application of articles L. 181-14 to L. 181-28 of the rural and maritime fishing code relating to the agricultural development of uncultivated land, abandoned land and insuffi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Exposure to asbestos in buildings.

Article R1337-3

Failure by the owners of the buildings mentioned in article R. 1334-14 to comply with one of the obligations defined in the first paragraph of article R. 1334-16, articles R. 1334-17 to R. 1334-19 and…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Implementation of the plan.

Article R626-31

The court shall rule on the authorisation provided for in Article L. 626-14 at the request of the debtor in the light of the report of the commissaire à l'exécution du plan. Its decision is notified t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Offences concerning the Banque de France

Article L164-2

…nce employee who violates the professional secrecy established in the first paragraph of Article L. 142-9 shall be liable to the penalties provided for in Article 226-13 of the French Criminal Code, s…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Legal dissemination of inventions

Article L612-23

…may be taken into consideration to assess, within the meaning of the articles L. 611-11 and L. 611-14, the patentability of the invention.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Adding value to products and services

Article L462-1

…THEY THEY ARE WRITTEN L. 431-2, L. 453-1 and L. 453-9 Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2016-301 du 14 mars 2016

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Public policy.

Article L3133-7

…n additional day's unpaid work for employees ; 2° The contribution provided for in 1° of article L. 14-10-4 of the Code de l'Action Sociale et des Familles for employers.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Transfer of the business assets of the sole trader

Article L526-29

…business assets of a sole trader, any clause to the contrary being deemed unwritten: 1° Article 815-14 of the Civil Code; 2° Article 1699 of the same Code; 3° Articles L. 141-12 to L. 141-22 of this C…

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