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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Notification file

Article D261-3

…aphic or audiovisual works falling within the scope of the agreement provided for inarticle L. 132-27 of the Intellectual Property Code that are the subject of the operation; 3° The list of related te…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: CASES IN WHICH A FOREIGNER MAY BE ASSIGNED RESIDENCE

Article L731-1

…r house arrest a foreign national who cannot immediately leave French territory but whose removal remains a reasonable prospect, in the following cases:1° The foreign national is the subject of a deci…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Allocation of sums held in the automatic online broadcast account

Article 612-15

…articles…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Establishments authorised to retrieve tissues for therapeutic purposes.

Article R1242-3

…l activity and the hospital coordinator(s) may be the same as those provided for in article R. 1233-7 ; 3° Have at their disposal, either directly or through agreements with other health establishment…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 4: Development allowance and equalisation allowance for overseas municipalities

Article L2334-23-2

…ipalities with more than 10,000 inhabitants that are department or arrondissement chief towns. From 2020, the sum of the per capita allocations received by a commune in an overseas department under th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Funds open to professional investors

Article R744-13

…t-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 214-187, R. 214-190 and R. 214-191n° 2013-687 of 25 July 2013R. 214-192n° 2019-1078 of 22 October 2019R. 2…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Structured deposits

Article L312-22

…financial instrument, a unit mentioned in…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Single section: Film ombudsman

Article R213-10

…ns of…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter II: Seizable assets

Article R112-5

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder and beneficiary information and pricing

Article A132-6

Where the unit of account is a unit or share in an undertaking for collective investment, its main characteristics are as follows:1° Brief description: the name of the undertaking, its legal form and…

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