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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 3: Pre-production aid

Article 322-16

…unication costs;5° Expenses entrusted to service providers for the pre-production of the video game;6° Overheads and contingencies up to a maximum of 10% of the video game pre-production budget.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Invitation to selected candidates

Article R2344-10

…ward of the public contract if this information does not appear in the other consultation documents;6° Where applicable, the address of the buyer profile on which the consultation documents have been…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation.

Article L461-3

The Competition Authority may sit either in plenary session, in sections or as a standing committee. The standing committee is made up of the chairman and four vice-chairmen.The authority's panels del…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Personal bankruptcy and other prohibition measures.

Article L653-1

I.-When receivership or compulsory liquidation proceedings are opened, the provisions of this chapter are applicable to: 1° Natural persons exercising a commercial or craft activity, farmers and any o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VIII: Reporting obligations

Article 982

I.-1. Taxpayers shall mention the gross value and the net taxable value of the assets mentioned in article 965 on the annual declaration provided for in article 170. They attach to this declaration sc…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Special provisions

Article 1840 W ter

…l result in a fine of €150. 2. Omissions or inaccuracies in the declarations provided for in 5° and 6° of Article 1605 ter or failure to submit these declarations within the prescribed time limits wil…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article R591-14

…are unusable," are deleted; 5° In Article R. 521-18, the reference to Article R. 521-7 is deleted; 6° Articles R. 522-1 and R. 522-2 do not apply; 7° Articles R. 531-8 and R. 531-9 are not applicable…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article 768-1

…limits mentioned in the second paragraph of Article 495-19 and the second paragraph of article 530; 6° Criminal compositions whose execution has been noted by the public prosecutor. The detailed rules…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Receipt of applications for recognition and monitoring of convictions and probation decisions

Article 764-18

The Public Prosecutor shall receive requests for recognition and enforcement in the territory of the Republic of convictions or probation decisions handed down by the courts of other Member States. It…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Implementing provisions.

Article L4311-7

…The conditions under which the safeguard procedure provided for in Article L. 4314-2 is organised; 6° The conditions under which compliance with standards is deemed to satisfy the technical rules and…

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