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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Allocation of sums held in the automatic foreign promotion account

Article 721-23

…n authorised to invest the sums registered in their automatic account in application of article 211-19;2° For long-term cinematographic works produced as part of a financial co-production, with the ex…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Support for projects

Article 633-5

…penditure concerned, with the intensity rates provided for in Article 17(6), Article 18(2), Article 19(3), Article 25(5)(c) and (6), Article 28(3), 4 of Article 29 and 4 of Article 31 of Commission Re…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title V: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R153-2

…5° The references to the external borders of the States party to the Schengen Agreement signed on 19 June 1990 are deleted; 6° The references to the commander of the gendarmerie group are replaced b…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial provisions

Article L5211-39-2

…5211-41-1 or the withdrawal of a municipality under the conditions provided for in articles L. 5211-19, L. 5214-26 or L. 5216-11, the author of the request or initiative draws up a document presenting…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation of work

Article D1432-41

…social difficulty;18° One member of the regional unions of healthcare professionals who is a doctor;19° Two members from the specialised commission for the organisation of care.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Fate of preserved gametes and germ tissue

Article R2141-20

The written consent to gamete donation referred to in articles R. 2141-17, R. 2141-18 and R. 2141-19 is preceded by at least one interview with the multidisciplinary clinical-biological medical team r…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Common provisions

Article R814-1

…h of Article L. 814-1, are designated under the conditions set out in article 32-A of the Decree of 19 December 1945 implementing the status of judicial auctioneers and Article 74-2 du décret du 29 fé…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial provisions

Article L5211-29

…nicipal tax bases for council tax on second homes and other furnished premises not allocated to the main dwelling, property tax on built properties, property tax on non-built properties and business p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Overall operating grant

Article L2334-13

A development grant is instituted, comprising a grant for the benefit of groups of communes, a national equalisation grant, an urban solidarity and social cohesion grant, a rural solidarity grant, a s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to the import and export of elements or products of the human body mentioned in article R. 1245-1 from or to countries outside the European Union and the European Economic Area and intended for the manufacture of medicinal products

Article R1245-23

…mentioned in Annex III of Commission Directive (EU) 2015/566 of 8 April 2015 implementing Directive 2004/23/EC as regards procedures for verifying equivalent quality and safety standards for imported…

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