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Showing 23412350 of 44169 articles for Art. 4 Oct 1996 — RJDA 3/97 n° 431

French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Tax system

Article 402

Any mixture with ethyl alcohol of bodies belonging to the chemical family of alcohols or having an alcohol chemical function, likely to replace ethyl alcohol in any of its uses when this mixture is in…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VI: Piquettes and sugar wines

Article 428

1° (Repealed) 2° The product of the fermentation of fresh grape marc with water and sugar is considered to be sugar wine.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Traffic

Article 466

With the exception of table grapes, fresh grape harvests are subject to the obligations laid down in Articles 8 to 10 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/273 of 11 December 2017 and are liabl…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Credit transactions

Article L351-4

…or the application in the Wallis and Futuna Islands of article L. 351-3: 1° In 3° of article L. 312-4, the amount: "€200" is replaced by the amount: "24,000 CFP francs" and the amount: "€75,000" is re…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Performance of the contract

Article L224-42-1

Electronic communications service providers shall compensate consumers in the following cases and in accordance with the following rules: 1° In the event of a delay in porting the number, the compensa…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Financial instruments

Article R744-3

…212-3 are applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the version resulting from decree no. 2007-431 of 25 March 2007.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1 : Commission du cinéma d'art et d'essai

Article 231-40

…of the national section of the art cinemas commission;3° Four representatives of cinema exhibitors;4° Three representatives of distributors of cinematographic works;5° One representative of producers…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Commission for assistance with difficult programming

Article 231-43

…resentative of the "Agence pour le développement régional du cinéma" (ADRC); 3° A financial expert; 4° An expert in competition and cinema distribution.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Commission for assistance with difficult programming

Article 231-42

The Commission des aides à la programmation difficile is made up of four members appointed, with the exception of the Chairman, for a renewable term of three years.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1 : Commission du cinéma d'art et d'essai

Article 231-41

The Film Ombudsman or his representative may attend meetings of the Art Cinema Commission in an advisory capacity.

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