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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R2671-1

…ents, subject to the powers devolved to this collectivity, in the wording resulting from Decree No. 2018-1075 of 3 December 2018, unless otherwise specified in the table below.APPLICABLE PROVISIONSAS…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R2681-1

…ts, subject to the powers devolved to this collectivity, in their wording resulting from Decree No. 2018-1075 of 3 December 2018, unless otherwise specified in the table below.APPLICABLE PROVISIONSAS…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L561-36-1

…and terrorist financing, including the technical regulatory standards adopted pursuant to Directive 2015/849 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2015 on the prevention of the use o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2° : Tax credit for expenditure on delegated production of cinematographic or audiovisual works

Article 220 sexies

…sixty and ninety minutes.III. - 1. The tax credit, calculated for each financial year, is equal to 20% of the total amount of the following expenditure incurred in France:a) Remuneration paid to auth…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Calculation methods for creative documentaries

Article 311-49

…expenditure mentioned in 1° to 6° of article…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Taxable income

Article 158

…rom capitalisation bonds or contracts or investments of the same nature mentioned in 6° of article 120 and 1° of I of article 125-0 A, attached to premiums paid up to 26 September 2017 and not having…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Dormant accounts

Article L312-19

…inform them of the consequences attached to this in application of this article and article L. 312-20. II. - Each year, the institutions mentioned in the first paragraph of I of this article publish…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application.

Article L2411-1

…stallation on the list provided for in…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: List of reference works

Article 311-29

…other than those mentioned in 2° of Article…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Incompatibilities.

Article L812-8

…the judicial representative, of the mission provided for in the first paragraph of l'article L. 622-20. The conditions of this article are, with the exception of the fourth paragraph, applicable to re…

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