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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Composition

Article R1213-13

If, on the date mentioned in the first paragraph of Article R. 1213-7, a single list of candidates is submitted for one of the ballots mentioned in articles R. 1213-2 to R. 1213-5, the central census…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Subscribing associations.

Article R141-6

For the purposes of the third paragraph of I of article L. 141-7, the main provisions of the group insurance contract are as follows: 1° The definition of the cover offered ; 2° The term of the contra…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Additional compensation measures

Article 916-28

…e L. 212-32 of this code;3° Average sales are determined :a) For cinemas opened before 1 January 2017, by taking into account the period between 1 January 2017 and 31 December 2019;b) For cinemas open…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Business property tax

Article 1458 bis

…dicals to the public as agents registered with the commission referred to in Article 26 of Law No. 47-585 of 2 April 1947 on the status of newspaper and periodical publication grouping and distributio…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 199 ter C

…of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises given in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in appl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Book III: Services

Article D321-2

The financial futures instruments referred to in section 7 of article L. 321-2 are those referred to in sections 2, 3, 4, 7 and 8 of article D. 211-1 A.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Internal model

Article R352-20

…is Article are set out in Article 238 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/35 of 10 October 2014.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Operations of strategic interest to the French economy abroad

Article R442-11-3

…of the guarantee;4° The debtor is not a company in difficulty within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 2014/651 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article R1511-1

…annually by a territorial authority or grouping to one of the bodies referred to in article L. 1511-7 may not exceed 50% of the total annual revenue received by this body. This amount may not have the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Rules of jurisdiction and procedure

Article D49-14

For the application of the provisions of articles 712-6,712-7 and 712-8, the convicted offender may inform the enforcement judge of the name of the lawyer chosen by him: the choice of lawyer by the co…

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