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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Recommendations sent to subscribers

Article R331-13

…mmunication audiovisuelle et numérique designated pursuant to IV of article 4 of law no. 86-1067 of 30 September 1986 relating to freedom of communication or by an agent authorised and sworn pursuant…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Public land registry service

Article 881 E

…s of published documents is set at:1° Copies of documents:a) 6 € per registration slip requested;b) 30 € per descriptive statements of division or co-ownership regulations;c) 15 € for the copy of a do…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Delegates and mediators of the public prosecutor

Article R122-1

…ciations authorised as delegates or mediators of the public prosecutor pursuant to article R. 15-33-30, for carrying out the tasks entrusted to them, a fixed allowance expressed by reference to a unit…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 5: Diplomas provided for in Article L. 2223-25-1

Article D2223-55-9

…han one million: at least 20 people;- department with a population of one million or more: at least 30 people.These lists are updated every three years, without prejudice to the replacement of people…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
B. - Recovery of financial penalties by Treasury accountants.

Article D48-35

…this decree are not applicable to these penalties. Those for which the provisions of articles D. 48-30 to D. 48-33 are not applicable shall be the subject of a statement sent to the accounting officer…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Holders of the state diploma

Article D4321-21

…sters responsible for health and higher education. Each semester is validated by the acquisition of 30 European credits. The acquisition of teaching units is based on the principles of accumulation an…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Authorisation for creation, removal, modification or transfer

Article R5126-36

…rovisions of the first paragraph of article R. 5126-27 and those of articles R. 5126-28 and R. 5126-30 relating to requests for the creation and transfer of a pharmacy are applicable to requests for t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Closing of the financial year and appropriation of profits.

Article R6145-46

…sions relating to the financial statements and the appropriation of profits are taken no later than 30 June of the year following the financial year to which they relate. If the Supervisory Board has…

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

Article 312-17

…000;3° For writing aid for fiction projects, the amount of aid is set at :a) For series projects: €30,000 and €15,000 where the projected duration per episode is less than 10 minutes;b) For single wo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Credit for hours worked

Article R2123-5

…for mayors of communes with at least 10,000 inhabitants and deputy mayors of communes with at least 30,000 inhabitants;2° To one hundred and twenty-two and a half hours for mayors of communes with few…

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