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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: List of reference works

Article 311-31

…311-8 and has contributed to the initial contribution mentioned in the same…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 312-31

Rewriting grants are awarded for the following audiovisual projects:1° Fiction projects, either in the form of single programmes with a planned running time of at least 60 minutes, or in the form of s…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Contributions and taxes provided for in the General Tax Code

Article L2332-2

…mount, as provided for in the budget for the current year, with the first payment being made before 31 January.When the amount to be allocated cannot be determined as indicated above, the monthly allo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1a: Banking inclusion and prevention of over-indebtedness

Article L312-1-1-A

…é de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and is subject to the procedure set out in article L. 612-31.The purpose of this charter is to improve access to banking services and to facilitate the use of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 1: List of essential information to be provided by the State representative (R).

Article D1612-1

…pensation de la taxe professionnelle en application du IV et IV bis de l'article 6 de la loi n° 86-1317 du 30 décembre 1986 modifiée portant loi de finances initiales pour 1987 ; 3° The estimated amou…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R4031-10

…for the reimbursement of expenses and the allocation of any allowances referred to in article R. 4031-8 ; 4° The frequency of General Meeting and Executive Committee meetings;5° Where applicable, the…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Sporting events on public roads or roads open to public traffic not involving land motor vehicles

Article A331-3

In addition to the information mentioned in article A. 331-2, any declaration file for a sporting event with classification or timekeeping must also include the following information: 1° The event reg…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Persons subject to obligations to combat money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L561-2-1

…es on behalf of their clients, pursuant to the provisions of 9° of Article 53 of Law No. 71-1130 of 31 December 1971.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Special housing allowance for primary school teachers

Article L2334-26

…mmittee recalculates this reduction in the amount entered in the initial Finance Act, no later than 31 July of the year following the allocation, on the basis of the rate of change between the actual…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Local investment funds.

Article R214-66

…ch is not subject to the other provisions of Article L. 214-28, Article L. 214-30 or Article L. 214-31.III. - (Repealed)IV. - A local investment fund must comply with the provisions of this article at…

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