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Showing 20212030 of 2669 articles for Art. 30 janv. 2002

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

Article 411-48

…br/>1° Salaries and remuneration paid to authors and artistic personnel, for a minimum amount of 30% of the sums in the financial envelope used to finance development expenditure or development aid…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 8: Recourse in the event of non-acceptance and non-payment.

Article L511-40

…f payment of the bill of exchange within the period provided for in article 41 of the decree-law of 30 October 1935 unifying the law on cheques and relating to payment cards. The protest in the absenc…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions

Article R335-5

…unications Regulatory Authority) designated in application of IV of Article 4 of Law No. 86-1067 of 30 September 1986 on freedom of communication to implement a means of securing his or her access tha…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 3: Provisions specific to the certificate of French nationality

Article 1045-1

…It shall be accompanied by documents meeting the requirements of article 9 of decree n° 93-1362 of 30 December 1993. The content of the form and the list of documents to be produced are determined by…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Pharmacies for internal use.

Article L5126-8

…ence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé in application of article L. 5121-30. II. - In the event of an emergency, public health establishments are authorised to wholesale, wi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Investment rules.

Article R214-32-42

…sistance has been put in place in the field of asset management on behalf of third parties;2° Up to 30% of its assets in units or shares of collective investment schemes governed by French law, of FIA…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Withdrawal and dissolution

Article R1431-19

…is distributed under the same conditions.III. - Allocation operations must take place no later than 30 September of the year following the withdrawal. Failing this, the distribution is carried out, in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Judicial measures to prevent recidivism in terrorism and rehabilitation

Article D47-6-16

…mmoning; 3° The rules relating to the extraction of detained convicts provided for in Article D. 49-30 and the declaration of address of released convicts provided for in Article D. 49-22 ; 4° Les règ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Judgment

Article R4443-6

…cation in New Caledonia and French Polynesia: 1° The third and fourth paragraphs of article R. 4234-30 do not apply; 2° In article R. 4234-33: a) Paragraph 3 is replaced by the following provisions: "…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Commissioning authorisation.

Article R6312-33

Once a year, if the theoretical number of vehicles determined in accordance with articles R. 6312-30 and R. 6312-31 is greater than the number of vehicles already authorised, the Director General of t…

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