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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Exceptional registration due to difficulties in financing cinematographic works linked to the health crisis

Article 919-22

…exceptionally is equivalent to the amount of sums entered in its automatic account which lapsed on 31 December 2021 in application of 1° of article 123-8, excluding those which benefited from the ext…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 25: Detergents

Article R412-41

…le 11 and Annex VII of Regulation (EC) No 648/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 as amended relating to detergents.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
8°: Miners

Article 1078

…ocuments relating exclusively to the execution of the provisions of articles 84 to 96 of the law of 31 March 1903 on the retirement of mine workers and employees are exempt from registration duties an…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Provisions adapting Book I

Article R961-1

I.-The reference to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the f…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation of the company.

Article R814-80

…he partner has the same period in which to resume the practice of a profession mentioned in article 31-3 of the aforementioned law of 31 December 1990 and corresponding to the corporate purpose of the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder and beneficiary information and pricing

Article A132-3

…al reserves of contracts in categories 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 12 and 16 mentioned in article A. 344-2 at 31 December of the previous financial year; and- the sum of technical interest allocated to the cont…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Retirement.

Article L1237-5-1

…an employee at an age lower than that set out in 1° of article L. 351-8 of the Social Security Code may be signed or extended.Agreements concluded and extended prior to 22 December 2006, determining c…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Rights and obligations attached to plant variety certificates

Article L623-20

The State may obtain ex officio, at any time, for the needs of national defence, a licence to exploit a plant variety which is the subject of an application for a certificate or a breeder's certificat…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: List of diplomas, professional qualifications or qualification certificates

Article A212-1-1

…e, in the table attached to the order of 22 January 2016 fixing the list of diplomas acquired up to 31 December 2015 and in the table attached to the order of 9 March 2020 fixing the list of qualifica…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Transitional provisions relating to the solvency margin.

Article R334-30

…oned in 1 to 17 of article R. 321-1, and whose total annual written premiums or contributions as at 31 July 1978, including incidentals and after deduction of cancellations, do not reach six times the…

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