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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Company accounts and accounting documents.

Article R511-6

Credit institutions and finance companies are required to close their financial year on 31 December. However, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may authorise them to derogate from t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Hosting of paper-based personal health data

Article R1111-16-1

Articles 20-1 to 20-3 of Decree no. 79-1037 of 3 December 1979 on the competence of public archive services and cooperation between administrations for the collection, preservation and communication o…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Measures to boost film production

Article 916-3

…for applications submitted between 1 October 2020 and 30 April 2021 and also between 1 May 2021 and 31 October 2021 for sums invested for production, when the following conditions are met:1° The cinem…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Livret de développement durable et solidaire.

Article D221-106

…red on the list of social and solidarity economy companies mentioned inArticle 6 of Law 2014-856 of 31 July 2014 on the social and solidarity economy on 31 May preceding the date on which the donation…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L431-2

…y via the information system provided for in the last paragraph of article 7-2 of law no. 90-449 of 31 May 1990 aimed at implementing the right to housing.

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Single chapter: Common provisions

Article L621-7

…2-5 in Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin, the word: "département" and the words: "law no. 90-449 of 31 May 1990 aimed at implementing the right to housing" are replaced respectively by the word: "terr…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Public land registry service

Article 881 G

…cation des articles 10 du décret n° 55-22 du 4 janvier 1955 et 9 du décret n° 79-1037 du 3 décembre 1979. These provisions are not applicable to the tariff provided for by the article 881 F.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Supplementary provisions

Article L3141-23

In the absence of a stipulation in the agreement concluded in application of article L. 3141-22 : 1° The continuous fraction of at least twelve working days is allocated during the period from 1st May…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Exceptional provisions relating to selective distribution aid

Article 919-40

…ated for a given work from the entry into force of deliberation no. 2021/CA/18 of 27 May 2021 until 31 December 2023, the distribution company must have distributed at least three cinematographic work…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4a: Vaccination skills of pharmacy students in hospital and out-of-hospital settings

Article R6153-91-2

…020 extending the state of health emergency and supplementing its provisions or Law no. 2021-689 of 31 May 2021 relating to the management of the end of health crises.

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