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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Increased rates for calculating sums representing automatic aid

Article 919-46

…are set at :- 729.26% when the total revenue from feature films is less than or equal to €307,500;- 285.07% when the total revenue from feature films is greater than €307,500 and less than or equal to…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAINT-MARTIN

Article R153-2

For the application of this book to Saint-Martin: 1° The references to the departmental council are replaced by the reference to the territorial council of Saint-Martin; 2° The references to the mayor…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Cooperation and exchanges of information with foreign countries

Article L784-14

I.-Subject to the adaptations provided for in II and III, the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Cooperation and exchanges of information with foreign countries

Article L783-14

I.-Subject to the adaptations provided for in II and III, the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand col…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Cooperation and exchanges of information with foreign countries

Article L785-13

I.-Subject to the adaptations provided for in II and III, the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated i…

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Article Annexe 4-7

…Procedures \n\t\t\t105\n\t\t\tReal offers\n\t\t\t\tRecord of consignment, provided for in Article 1428 of the Code of Civil Procedure \n\t\t\t106\n\t\t\t\tEviction\n\t\t\t\tForeseen eviction or reposs…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XX ter: Declaration of overseas investments

Article 242 septies

…ticle does not apply to investments made before the date of promulgation of the loi n° 2011-1977 du 28 décembre 2011 de finances pour 2012, nor to operations for which the issue of an approval has bee…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Special provisions relating to certain uses of orphan works

Article L135-3

…in the Internal Market referred to in paragraph 6 of Article 3 of the aforementioned Directive 2012/28/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 for the purposes of entering…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Voluntary appearance and summons

Article 390-1

…ficer or agent of the judicial police, an official or agent of an administration covered by Article 28 or a delegate or mediator of the public prosecutor, or, if the accused is detained, by the head o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Communication and registration of documents.

Article R123-152-2

…re electronic signature of the registrar who drew them up, as defined by the décret n° 2017-1416 du 28 septembre 2017 relatif à la signature électronique; 4°They must be stored under conditions that p…

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