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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IX: Special schemes

Article 294

1. Value added tax is temporarily not applicable in the departments of French Guiana and Mayotte. 2. For the application of value added tax, the following is considered to be the export of a good: 1°…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Employee savings funds.

Article R214-214-3

Articles L. 214-24-34, L. 214-24-41, L. 214-24-55, R. 214-32-33, R. 214-32-35 and R. 214-32-40 as well as the provisions of this paragraph are applicable to each of the sub-funds of the fonds communs…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Miscellaneous taxes

Article 231 bis D

In accordance with the provisions of articles L. 5122-2, L. 5123-2 and L. 5123-5, of article L. 5422-10, the first and second paragraphs of article L. 5428-1 and of article L. 3232-6 of the Labour Cod…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 10: Judicial environmental officers

Article R15-33-29-20

The members of the commission mentioned in 2° of article R. 15-33-29-18 and their alternates and, on the proposal of the members mentioned in 3° and 4° of the same article, the representatives of the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Procedures for compiling statistics (R)

Article R1614-20

The collection and transmission of information and documents for the files referred to in article L. 423-2 of the town planning codeare carried out under the conditions laid down in articles R. 423-75…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2 : Obligations relating to the issue of a cinema licence

Article R211-17

The work or document for which a cinematographic licence has been issued is represented in the form in which it was presented and viewed with a view to such issue.The work or document for which a cine…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2 : Obligations relating to the issue of a cinema licence

Article R211-19

Where the cinematographic exhibition licence includes a specific ban on representation, this must be clearly, intelligibly and conspicuously stated on all trailers, posters or advertisements for the w…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2 : Obligations relating to the issue of a cinema licence

Article R211-18

Trailers that began to be shown before the work or document received its cinema licence are accompanied by a warning inviting viewers to check which category of audience they are intended for.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Registration and deregistration formalities.

Article L143-18

If the security from which the registered lien or pledge arises is to order, negotiation by way of endorsement entails the transfer of the lien or pledge.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Registration and deregistration formalities.

Article L143-16

Registration and cancellation of the preferential rights of registered creditors are subject to formalities, the terms of which are laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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