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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 919-56

To obtain the aid, distribution companies must submit a form drawn up by the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée electronically by 31 January 2022 at the latest.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Provisions relating to the preparation of preventive resolution plans

Article L311-8

…edure mentioned in III of article L. 311-18 are met. These measures are based on a range of options and scenarios including, in particular, the possibility that the failure of the person concerned is…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Chairman.

Article R1222-8

…general direction of the institution's policy. It prepares the decisions of the Board of Directors and ensures that they are implemented. It takes decisions relating to the regional blood transfusion…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Classification.

Article D333-5-5

…of which classification was granted. An order by the Minister for Tourism specifies the conditions and procedures for amending or revoking a classification decision and, in particular, the conditions…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VI: The Competition Authority.

Article L462-8

…ty may declare, in a reasoned decision, that the referral is inadmissible for lack of interest or standing on the part of the referrer, or if the facts are time-barred within the meaning of Article L.…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 3: Compensation for damage

Article 849-13

…party or parties to whom each interested party may address their claim for compensation; > The form and content of the claim and the procedure to be followed 3° The form and content of the claim for c…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of taxable income

Article 80 duodecies

…L. 1235-1, L. 1235-2, L. 1235-3, L. 1235-3-1, L. 1235-11 to L. 1235-13, 7° of Article L. 1237-18-2 and 5° of Article L. 1237-19-1 of the French Labour Code as well as those paid under the measures pr…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national judicial database for perpetrators of sexual or violent offences

Article R53-8-6

Specifically authorised police officers or gendarmerie units shall record in the file any proof of address or change of address of which they have become aware pursuant to the provisions of Article 70…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Funeral operations

Article R1261-8

…the end of the two-year period provided for in Article R. 1261-5, of the conditions for this return and of the possibility of using the funeral operator of their choice. No body may be returned until…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Installation conditions

Article R5125-8

I.-The surface area, layout, arrangement and equipment of a pharmacy's premises are appropriate to its activities and enable compliance with the good practices referred to in Article L. 5121-5. The ph…

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