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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VIII: European companies

Article L322-29

Where an insurance undertaking in the form of a société européenne registered in France intends to transfer its registered office outside France, it shall inform the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Projects subject to authorisation

Article L212-8

…creation of collective services or the habitual use of common commercial practices and advertising; 4° Or are brought together by a common legal structure, controlled directly or indirectly by at leas…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 5 : Groupings, agreements and commitments and commitments

Article L212-23

…ch the film development commissions have granted authorisations in application of article L. 212-7; 4° Any programming project on the basis of which an operator of a cinema has received selective fina…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VII: Simplified joint stock companies.

Article L227-2-1

…L. 225-96 to L. 225-98 are applicable; 3° The third paragraph of Article L. 225-105 is applicable; 4° Members are convened in accordance with the forms and deadlines set by decree of the Conseil d'Et…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Publicity of budgets and accounts

Article L2313-1-1

The certified accounts of the bodies mentioned in 4° of article L. 2313-1 are sent to the commune. They are communicated by the municipality to elected municipal representatives who request them, unde…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national judicial database for perpetrators of sexual or violent offences

Article 706-53-8

Under terms specified by the decree provided for in article 706-53-12, the file manager shall directly notify the Ministry of the Interior, which shall immediately forward the information to the compe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable before the criminal court

Article 706-133

…f the Civil Code, and shall rule, where appropriate, on claims for damages made by the civil party; 4°It shall order, where appropriate, one or more of the security measures provided for in Chapter II…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Therapeutic use exemptions

Article R232-74

The Agency acknowledges receipt of the application for authorisation under the conditions set out in articles R. 112-4 and R. 112-5 of the Code des relations entre le public et l'administration. This…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Inspections and sampling

Article R241-2

The approval of the persons mentioned in article L. 232-11 and in the second paragraph of article L. 241-4 takes effect after they have taken an oath in accordance with the procedures set out in artic…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Prohibition on entering or being in the vicinity of a venue where a sporting event is taking place

Article R332-7

…e enclosures and surroundings to which access is prohibited;3° The type of sporting event concerned;4° The date of the prefectoral banning order and its period of validity;5° Where applicable, the obl…

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