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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Companies of court-appointed administrators and agents

Article R814-59

…inistrator or that of judicial representative. Subject to the provisions of décret n° 2017-794 du 5 mai 2017 relatif à la constitution, au fonctionnement et au contrôle des sociétés pluri-professionne…

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

Article L431-3

…oordination of actions to prevent rental evictions provided for in article 7-2 of law no. 90-449 of 31 May 1990 aimed at implementing the right to housing. This information is transmitted via the info…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Approvals and changes to shareholdings

Article R782-5

…In the version resulting from the decreeR. 612-20, with the exception of 2°, 3° and 4° of In° 2017-1313 of 31 August 2017R. 612-20-1 with the exception of paragraphs II to VIIn° 2020-1637 of 20 Decemb…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Approvals and changes to shareholdings

Article R783-5

…In the wording resulting from the decreeR. 612-20, with the exception of 2°, 3° and 4° of In° 2017-1313 of 31 August 2017R. 612-20-1 with the exception of paragraphs II to VIIn° 2020-1637 of 20 Decemb…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Approvals and changes to shareholdings

Article R784-5

…In the wording resulting from the decreeR. 612-20, with the exception of 2°, 3° and 4° of In° 2017-1313 of 31 August 2017R. 612-20-1 with the exception of paragraphs II to VIIn° 2020-1637 of 20 Decemb…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions relating to the compensation fund for the interruption or abandonment of film or audiovisual shoots due to the covid-19 epidemic

Article 913-1

…legated production companies, to the cost of losses linked to the covid-19 epidemic, leading, until 31 March 2023, to the interruption, postponement or abandonment of film shoots taking place on natio…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Contracts concluded at trade fairs and exhibitions

Article L224-62-1

…State in the département may, by way of derogation from the Article 2 of Law no. 94-665 of 4 August 1994 on the use of the French language, authorise the use, without translation, of the language of t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Exclusive right of exploitation

Article L613-5-1

…ons for such use are those laid down in Article 14 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 of 27 July 1994 on Community plant variety rights.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Other conditions of access and practice.

Article A512-6

…qualifications corresponding simultaneously to :-the bachelor's degree level ;-training speciality 313 of the nomenclature of training specialities approved by decree no. 94-522 of 21 June 1994.3° Ce…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions relating to the compensation fund for the interruption or abandonment of film or audiovisual shoots due to the covid-19 epidemic

Article 913-10

…the compensation fund, the delegated production company must complete and submit, electronically by 31 May 2023 at the latest, a form drawn up by the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, to…

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