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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions relating to the compensation fund for the interruption or abandonment of film or audiovisual shoots due to the covid-19 epidemic

Article 913-10

…compensation fund, the delegated production company must complete and submit, electronically by 31 May 2023 at the latest, a form drawn up by the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, toget…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Special provisions

Article 1640 H

…condary residences and other furnished premises not allocated to the principal dwelling relating to 2023 are equal to the council tax rates applied respectively on the territory of the commune and the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Recognition of convictions and probation decisions

Article 764-23

…e Republic of a conviction or a probation decision handed down by the court of another Member State may be refused only in the cases provided for in Articles 764-24 and 764-25. When considering relyin…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Civil penalties

Article L242-18-1

Without prejudice to the award of damages, a civil fine may be imposed on a professional who in bad faith obstructs the implementation of the legal guarantee of conformity provided for in articles L.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Concerted exercise of powers

Article L1111-9-2

…ls mentioned in the first paragraph of this I within three months of the promulgation of the loi n° 2023-630 du 20 juillet 2023 visant à faciliter la mise en œuvre des objectifs de lutte contre l'arti…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Leasing

Article R753-9

…the decreeR. 313-3n° 2005-1007 of 2 August 2005R. 313-4No. 2021-1887 of 29 December 2021R. 313-5no. 2023-369 of 11 May 2023R. 313-10n° 2021-1887 of 29 December 2021R. 313-12n° 2012-1462 of 26 December…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Obligations incumbent on the person entered in the file

Article R50-43

The public prosecutor who registers the person in the file pursuant to 1° to 4° of article 706-25-4, or the examining magistrate pursuant to 5° of article 706-25-4, shall at the same time register the…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Administrative penalties

Article L242-18-8

Any breach of the provisions of articles L. 224-25-25 to L. 224-25-26 relating to updates is punishable by an administrative fine of up to 3,000 euros for an individual and 15,000 euros for a legal en…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Medical professions.

Article L4421-14

…ersion resulting from Law No. 2022-1616 of 23 December 2022 on the financing of social security for 2023.Article L. 4151-4 is applicable in the territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the versio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Investment and related services

Article D752-18

…ht-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 321-12023-813 of 22 August 2023D. 321-2No. 2009-297 of 16 March 2009II. - For the application of I, the r…

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