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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Commitments giving rise to a diversification provision

Article R134-7

The contract may provide for additional guarantees. The provision referred to in 1° of article R. 343-3 corresponding to these guarantees is not established within the auxiliary allocation accounts re…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 311-16

…duction companies.For the purposes of granting aid for the production of the same work, this status may only be granted to a maximum of two production companies, on condition that they act jointly.

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

Article 321-16

…works is awarded to legal entities that assume the functions of a delegated production company. Aid may be awarded to several legal entities acting jointly as part of a co-production.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 3: Pre-production aid

Article 322-13

…deo games is awarded to video game creation companies acting as delegated production companies. Aid may be awarded to several companies acting jointly as part of a co-production.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 712-9

…mmittee set up for the allocation of aid to world cinemas under the provisions of article 712-1. It may not exceed the amount of support for world cinema.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Economic census procedures

Article D2196-6

The list of data communicated to the Observatoire économique de la commande publique, which may concern the award and performance of the contract, as well as the procedures for communicating this data…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R2344-1

…uments or information required to be submitted as part of the application are missing or incomplete may ask all the candidates concerned to complete their application file within an appropriate period…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Cross-border processing

Article L236-53

…A cross-border conversion which has taken effect in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter may not be cancelled.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Decisions and appeals.

Article L464-3

…or commitments provided for in Articles L. 464-1 and L. 464-2 are not complied with, the Authority may impose a financial penalty within the limits set in Article L. 464-2..

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Compensation for loss

Article L481-8

…nd interest are assessed on the day of the judgment, taking into account all the circumstances that may have affected the consistency and value of the loss since the day the damage occurred, as well a…

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