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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Allocation of sums entered in the automatic audiovisual production account

Article 311-59

…f Article…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Allocation of sums entered in the automatic audiovisual production account

Article 311-57

…al works that belong to one of the following genres:1° Fiction;2° Animation;3° Creative documentary;4° Audiovisual adaptation of a live performance.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Allocation of sums entered in the automatic audiovisual production account

Article 311-58

…f Article…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Master and feeder undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities

Article R214-31

…ITS in another UCITS governed by French or foreign law may not exceed the limit set in article R. 214-24 unless it has been authorised by the Autorité des marchés financiers to be constituted as a fee…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Restrictions on borrowing terms and conditions and on entering into financial contracts

Article R1611-34

I. - Local authorities, their groupings and departmental fire and rescue services may only enter into financial contracts provided that they are backed by loans and that the variable interest rate of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Restrictions on borrowing terms and conditions and on entering into financial contracts

Article R1611-33

…es between customary rates of different maturities on the interbank or money market in the eurozone;4° The interest rates on passbook savings accounts defined in articles L. 221-1 , L. 221-13 and L. 2…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 63-4-5

…equest, the lawyer may consult the minutes of the hearing of the person he is assisting. Article 63-4-3 shall apply.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Information for spa visitors

Article R1322-44-16

…n its use; 2° The essential characteristics of the water ; 3° Where applicable, the treatment used; 4° Any reheating or cooling of the water; 5° The date of the last health inspection and the results…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 A

…t exceed fifteen years and whose construction is completed after the date of publication of the loi n° 62-873 du 31 juillet 1962;3° Communications satellites;4° Buildings exclusively intended to host…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 381

The correctional court hears misdemeanours.Misdemeanours are offences punishable by law by imprisonment or a fine of at least €3,750..

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