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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Payment of social security contributions

Article 122-14

…e l'image animée also ensures that the beneficiaries of financial aid comply with their obligations to the bodies collecting social security contributions by means of the nominative social declaration…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special provisions for the automatic cinema production account

Article 123-11

The closure of the automatic cinema production account does not prevent payment, under the conditions provided for in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Persons authorised to practise the profession who are nationals of a Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article R4393-14-1

…ssment of the applicant's command of the French language results in a decision that may be appealed to the administrative court with territorial jurisdiction.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations.

Article L231-1

Breaches of these obligations are provided for and punished under the conditions set out in Article L. 245-9 of the French Commercial Code.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations.

Article R231-1

The rules relating to breaches of the provisions of article R. 213-13 are defined inarticle 242 of decree no. 67-236 of 23 March 1967 on commercial companies.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: General provisions

Article 129-1

The parties can always ask the judge to record their conciliation.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: General provisions

Article 1149-1

Where, in the case of a change of filiation, the child of full age consents to the change of his or her name, this consent is received by a civil registrar, a notary, a French diplomatic or consular a…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter VI: Removal of mortgages by third-party purchasers.

Article 1281-15

The requisition for the purpose of selling the property by auction may be contested by summons to appear before the judicial court within whose jurisdiction the property is located.This summons must,…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter VI: Removal of mortgages by third-party purchasers.

Article 1281-14

The creditor who pursues the auction sale of the property pursuant to Article 2465 of the Civil Code notifies the requisition deed provided for in this article by bailiff to the principal debtor, the…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter V: Distribution of funds outside of enforcement proceedings.

Article 1281-11

The remuneration of the person in charge of the distribution shall be deducted from the funds to be distributed and borne by the creditors, in proportion to the sum due to each of them.In the event of…

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