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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions.

Article L1543-1

…s Chapter.Article L. 1271-2 is applicable in French Polynesia in the version resulting from Law no. 2021-1017 of 2 August 2021.The second paragraph of the same article is applicable in New Caledonia a…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Exceptional aid to help offset the loss of revenue resulting from the introduction of the health pass

Article 919-54

…ct allocation is set by applying the following flat-rate amounts to admissions made between 14 July 2021 and 28 September 2021:- 0.75 € per entry for the fraction of entries less than or equal to 50,0…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Support measures for authors of fictional or animated cinematographic works

Article 919-1

By way of derogation from 1° of article 212-5, for applications submitted in 2021, financial assistance for the development of projects may be awarded to authors who have collaborated on the productio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section

Article R1244-6

…or donations made before the first day of the thirteenth month following the promulgation of Law No 2021-1017 of 2 August 2021 on bioethics, the donor file mentioned in Article R. 1244-5 of this Code…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Controlling epidemics and certain communicable diseases

Article R3821-13

…I bis, II, III and IV of Title III of Book I of this Part, in the wording resulting from Decree no. 2021-453 of 16 April 2021 postponing the end of the application of Decree no. 2020-610 of 22 May 202…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Crisis prevention and management measures for central counterparties

Article L613-75

…L. 433-3 do not apply to measures taken by the resolution college under Title V of Regulation (EU) 2021/23.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Effects of acquiring French nationality

Article 22-2

The provisions of the preceding article shall not apply to a married child.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 5: Software pledge agreement

Article L132-34

Without prejudice to the provisions of the loi du 17 mars 1909 relative à la vente et au nantissement des fonds de commerce, the exploitation right of the author of software defined in Article L. 122-…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L2224-3

…4-2. Clauses in treaties or specifications approved before the date on which the loi n° 82-213 du 2 mars 1982 relative aux droits et libertés des communes, des départements et des régions, qui ont pré…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
8: Provisions specific to registration duty, land registration tax, the property security contribution, stamp duty and the special tax on insurance policies

Article 1963

…for the public highway by simple road measure under the conditions provided by the décret-loi du 26 mars 1852 relatif aux rues de Paris; 2° Aux plans, procès-verbaux, certificats, jugements, contrats,…

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