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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Investment of sums held in the automatic cinema exhibition account

Article 232-15

Without prejudice to the application of the provisions of…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Misleading commercial practices

Article L121-4

The following are deemed to be misleading, within the meaning of articles L. 121-2 and L. 121-3, commercial practices aimed at : 1° For a professional to claim to be a signatory to a code of conduct w…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Compulsory taxable transactions

Article 256

I. - The supply of goods and services for consideration by a taxable person acting as such is subject to value added tax.II. - 1° The transfer of the power to dispose of tangible property in the same…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial penalties

Article L5461-9

…Medicines and Health Products, pursuant to Article 13(7) of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 or Article 14(4) of the same Regulation, that the device it has placed on the market, put into service or made ava…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Economic interest groupings under French law.

Article L251-8

I. - The economic interest group contract determines the organisation of the group, subject to the provisions of this chapter. It shall be drawn up in writing and published in accordance with the proc…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions for admission to the profession

Article L775-23

I.-Subject to the provisions of II, the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand colum…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Publication of the register

Article R123-318

In application of the third paragraph of Article L. 123-52, the following authorities, administrations, legal entities and professions have access to all the information contained in the National Regi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Validation and checks carried out by the presidents of the chambers of trades and crafts

Article R123-280

In the event of changes to the information or justification made pursuant to Article R. 123-279, the person registered in the National Register of Companies as a business in the trades and crafts sect…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Financial organisation

Article L114-13

The acts of the sports resources, expertise and performance centres relating to the budget and its modifications are prepared, adopted and become enforceable under the conditions defined in articles &…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Informing the administrative authority.

Article L1233-46

The employer shall notify the administrative authority of any plan to make redundancies for economic reasons affecting at least ten employees within the same thirty-day period. Where the company has s…

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