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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Itinerant commercial and craft activities

Article L123-30

…nt to record by official report the offences provided for by the decree mentioned in Article L. 123-31: 1° The deputy judicial police officers mentioned in 2° of Article 21 of the Code of Criminal Pro…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Lapse and cessation of activity

Article R1333-140

…f the registration or authorisation issued in application of the third paragraph of Article L. 1333-31, the Nuclear Safety Authority shall prescribe to the person responsible for the nuclear activity…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Logistical penalties

Article L441-19

…Director General of Competition, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control or his named representative, by 31 December each year at the latest, the amounts of the logistical penalties it has imposed on its s…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 6: Financial guarantee.

Article R211-34

…t prejudice to the possible implementation of the emergency measures provided for in article R. 211-31, claims arising prior to the date of termination of the guarantee remain covered by the guarantor…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special provisions for the automatic cinema exhibition account

Article 123-4

…fect on 1 January of the calendar year following the date of the request and the sums calculated on 31 December of the current calendar year in respect of the transferred cinema are then allocated to…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Technical and safety guarantees

Article A322-41

…he equipment provided for in articles A. 322-21, A. 322-23, A. 322-26, A. 322-28, A. 322-30, A. 322-31, A. 322-35, A. 322-36, A. 322-39 and the second and third paragraphs of article A. 322-25, must h…

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

Article 919-2

For applications for aid for project design submitted between 1 October 2021 and 31 December 2022, the ceiling stipulated in article 212-8 is raised to €15,000.The amount of aid granted between 1 Janu…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Sales tax

Article 302 septies-0 AA

…r in which the option to pay value added tax was exercised. This request must be made no later than 31 January of the year in respect of which the taxpayers wish to benefit from the simplified scheme.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Continuing vocational training for commercial court registrars

Article R742-40

By 31 January of each calendar year at the latest, the registrars of the commercial courts declare to the National Council of Registrars of the Commercial Courts the conditions under which they have f…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Special provisions for certain investigative measures

Article 694-47

…agreement, the magistrate hearing the case may, without prejudice to the provisions of Article 694-31, refuse to execute the request.

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