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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter II: Contracts comprising inseparable services

Article L1322-1

…relating to objectively indissociable services which are subject, on the one hand, to the ordinary law of contracts provided for in Book I of Part Two or Book II thereof relating to partnership contr…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of asset freezing orders issued by foreign authorities

Article 695-9-18

…ay not, with regard to taxes or duties, customs and exchange, be refused on the grounds that French law does not provide for the same type of tax or duty or the same type of regulation with regard to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Bonds issued by associations.

Article L213-14

Bonds issued by associations under the conditions provided for in this sub-section are intended to meet development and financing needs and not to distribute to their subscribers management surpluses…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L432-5

…ate, the guarantees provided for inArticle 84 of Act No. 2012-1510 of 29 December 2012 amending the Finance Act for 2012.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Procedures and internal control

Article L561-35

The persons listed in Article L. 561-2 and the supervisory authorities mentioned in Article L. 561-36 shall receive from the department provided for in Article L. 561-23 any information it has on mone…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 321-18

Support for the pre-production of immersive works is awarded on the basis of the following criteria:1° The quality of the writing and the visual proposal;2° The suitability of the project for the targ…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Settlement of costs.

Article R244

The court clerk must submit to the departmental or, where applicable, regional director of public finance, as soon as the conviction has become final, an extract of the order, judgment or ruling, as r…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 4: Reimbursement of childcare or assistance expenses and assistance with the financing of service vouchers

Article D2123-22-6

…7233-8 of the Labour Code, per calendar year and per beneficiary who has used one or more services financed by this aid.It cannot exceed the cost of the services borne by the beneficiary..

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Social security and tax arrangements for profit-sharing

Article D3325-1

…of net profit and shareholders' equity is drawn up either by the statutory auditor or by the public finance inspector. In the latter case, the request is accompanied by an attached statement completed…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Financial provisions.

Article D2513-15

…firefighters battalion, are set by a decree issued on the report of the Minister of the Economy and Finance, the Minister of Defence and the Minister of the Interior.

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