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

Article 712-5

…ice providers, relating to filming, post-production and the preparation and production of animation;4° Transport costs for artistic and technical equipment and transport costs for artistic and technic…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Promissory notes.

Article L512-1

…ecurity; 2° The pure and simple promise to pay a specified sum; 3° The indication of the due date ; 4° That of the place where payment is to be made; 5° The name of the person to whom or to whose orde…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Organisation and operation

Article R823-10

…approved by the Minister for Industry and the Minister for the Budget. The decisions referred to in 4° and 5° are enforceable under the conditions set out in Title III of Decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 Nov…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3°: Regional planning and development

Article 722 bis

The 2% rate of transfer duty provided for in Article 719 is reduced to 0% for acquisitions of businesses and clienteles made in the zones franches urbaines-territoires entrepreneurs defined in B of 3…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Reduction in the rental value of certain properties

Article 1518 A bis

For the assessment of local taxes, the rental values of specific port handling tools, equipment and facilities transferred or having been the subject of a transfer of real rights under the conditions…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Obligation to pay

Article 1705

…cept in the case provided for by article 1840 D, and those executed and received at the registries; 4° By the assigning public accountants, for deeds executed in administrative form that are subject t…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 1: Board of Directors

Article R121-34

…sent to the ministers represented on the Board of Directors.Decisions on the matters listed in 3°, 4°, 5° and 6° of article R. 121-33 become enforceable by operation of law fifteen days after they ar…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article R521-5

…3° Two recent, perfectly resembling photographs of the face, bareheaded, measuring 3.5 cm × 4.5 cm;4° If he/she has a stable place of residence, an indication of the address where he/she can be sent…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Reorganisation and winding-up measures for credit institutions and investment firms

Article L613-31-2

I.-The reorganisation measures referred to in this sub-section are measures taken in France or in any other Member State by the administrative or judicial authorities, intended to preserve or restore…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Aid for redeployment and professional retraining.

Article L5123-2

…promote their redeployment and whose employment contract is temporarily suspended for this purpose; 4° Allowances for employees whose full-time job is converted, with their agreement, into a part-time…

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