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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 6: Measures relating to the intensity of public aid

Article 916-49

…ovisual or multimedia works for which applications for aid are submitted between 1 October 2020 and 31 December 2021 and for which it is justified that there are particular production or marketing dif…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Tax system

Article 575

…l selling price in mainland France of manufactured tobacco is established for each product group by 31 January each year at the latest, on the basis of data relating to all units released for consumpt…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Data accessors

Article R142-46

…submission to the Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés, pursuant to IV of article 31 of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978, a compliance undertaking referring to this article and specif…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Closure of the investigation

Article R532-22

…ench Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons was taken pursuant to articles L. 531-24 to L. 531-31 or L. 531-32 to L. 531-35, the written investigation is closed three clear days b…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Remedies sought before the First President of the Court of Appeal

Article R36

…decide that there is no need for further investigation or for the acts provided for in articles R. 31 to R. 34. The provisions of article R. 35.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to requests for information received by the French services

Article R49-37

…pe of the first paragraph of article R. 49-36, the departments and units mentioned in article 695-9-31 shall respond, in the event of an emergency, within a maximum of eight hours and, in the absence…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Functional protection

Article R722-41

If the agreement provided for in article R. 722-31 of this code contains a clause to this effect or in the absence of an agreement, the State may only cover part of the fees when the number of hours i…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Offenders eligible for judicial supervision

Article D147-33

…r checks whether the person is a person convicted of a crime or offence mentioned in article D. 147-31 and against whom socio-judicial supervision has not been ordered. When this is the case, it check…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for using the account

Article R4163-13

…se referred to in 1° of I of article L. 4163-7. For insured persons born between 1 January 1960 and 31 December 1962 inclusive, the first ten points registered are reserved for the use referred to in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Formation of the company

Article R743-139-24

The registration of the company in the Trade and Companies Register is governed by articles R. 123-31 and following, subject to the provisions below.A copy of the declaration provided for in Article R…

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