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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Court reconciliation software

Article 230-22

…may be revealed by the exploitation of the enquiries and investigations mentioned in 1° of Article 230-20 shall be deleted when the investigation is closed and, in any event, on expiry of a period of…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Conditions relating to aid intensity

Article 211-20

…st of this work and, in the case of an international co-production, 50% of the French participation;2° Have the effect of increasing the total amount of public financial aid to more than 50% of the fi…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 6 : Provisions common to certain methods of acquiring French nationality

Article 21-27

…this article do not apply to a minor child who may acquire French nationality pursuant to articles 21-7, 21-11, 21-12 and 22-1, nor to a convicted offender who has benefited from an automatic pardon…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Development grant.

Article L2334-22-2

I.- By way of derogation, the new communes mentioned in article L. 2113-1 created after the promulgation of law no. 2010-1563 of 16 December 2010 on the reform of local authorities, which have 10,000…

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

Article 212-29

Selective financial aid is awarded to authors and production companies for the rewriting of the screenplay of a feature-length cinematographic work, taking into account, in particular, the nature of t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L3121-2-2

By way of derogation from 8° of Article L. 4211-1, in vitro diagnostic medical devices and their accessories intended to perform self-diagnostics, as defined in point 5 of Article 2 of Regulation (EU)…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Persons subject to obligations to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L561-2-2

…owner is the natural person(s): 1° who ultimately controls, directly or indirectly, the customer ; 2° or for whom a transaction is executed or an activity carried out. A decree of the Conseil d'Etat…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Criminal provisions

Article D754-22

…mn of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 351-1 and D. 351-2n° 2005 1007 of 25 August 2005

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Criminal provisions

Article R754-24

I. - Are applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptations provided for in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in the wording…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Assessment of the tax

Article 273 septies B

Taxable persons may deduct the value added tax relating to electricity consumed by land vehicles excluded from the right to deduct, where such vehicles are used for the purposes of transactions giving…

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