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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IX: Overseas provisions.

Article D950-1-1

…Article D. 123-80-1 Decree no. 2020-119 of 12 February 2020Article D. 123-200Decree no. 2020-101 of 7 February 20202° The provisions of Book II mentioned in the left-hand column below shall apply in t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Litigation concerning Community designs

Article L522-2

…isdiction to hear the actions and claims provided for in Article 80 of Council Regulation (EC) No 6/2002 of 12 December 2001 on Community designs, including where such actions and claims concern both…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Exceptional provisions relating to selective distribution aid

Article 919-39

Notwithstanding article 223-23, distribution companies have a period of thirty months to exhibit the works in cinemas. This period runs from:1° 19 May 2021 for aid granted between 1 March 2020 and 19…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Shareholding and control

Article L214-24-21

I. - This paragraph applies, subject to the conditions laid down in Article 6 of Directive 2002/14/EC of 11 March 2002:1° To one or more AIFs managed by the same management company which, either separ…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L2651-1

…bject to the powers devolved to this collectivity, in their wording resulting from Order No. 2018-1074 of 26 November 2018, unless otherwise specified in the table below.APPLICABLE PROVISIONSAS THEY S…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L2661-1

…ubject to the powers devolved to this collectivity, in their wording resulting fromOrder No. 2018-1074 of 26 November 2018, unless otherwise specified in the table below.APPLICABLE PROVISIONSAS THEY S…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L2671-1

…bject to the powers devolved to this collectivity, in their wording resulting from Order No. 2018-1074 of 26 November 2018, unless otherwise specified in the table below.APPLICABLE PROVISIONSAS THEY S…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L2681-1

…bject to the powers devolved to this collectivity, in their wording resulting from Order No. 2018-1074 of 26 November 2018, unless otherwise specified in the table below.APPLICABLE PROVISIONSAS THEY S…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Regulatory part

Article Annexe 1

…f Algerian nationals and their families, supplemented by an annexed protocol, signed in Algiers on 27 December 1968, amended by its first amendment signed in Algiers on 28 September 1994, by its secon…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 decies E

…g in the field of social or professional integration or reintegration approved under Article L. 213-7 of the same code, which are subject to corporation tax or income tax under a real income tax regim…

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