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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Other missions of general interest and other activities

Article L141-8

…employees and any other person holding customer accounts at the Banque de France on 6 August 1993; 7. Any other body or person expressly authorised by decision of the General Council to open an accou…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Bonds issued by associations.

Article L213-20

…n economic interest grouping under the conditions set out in the second paragraph of article L. 251-7 of the French Commercial Code. Economic interest groupings formed by associations with a view to i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Special provisions for certain types of research

Article L1127-3

…ts of human or animal origin are involved, which do not fall within the scope of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 as defined in Article 1 thereof,…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conclusion and proof of the insurance contract - Form and transmission of policies.

Article R112-4

…to the policyholder. The policyholder is informed that the information mentioned in 1°, 4°, 6° and 7° may be provided on request. In addition, the insurer is required to provide all the information m…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Guardianship

Article R411-16

…ancial account are enforceable under the conditions set out in Title III of Decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 relating to public budgetary and accounting management. Other decisions are enforcea…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations of delegated producers

Article L251-2

…ce of professional agreements made compulsory within one year of the publication of Law 2016-925 of 7 July 2016 on the freedom of creation, architecture and heritage, the form of the production accoun…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations of distributors

Article L251-6

…ce of professional agreements made compulsory within one year of the publication of Law 2016-925 of 7 July 2016 on the freedom of creation, architecture and heritage, the form of the operating account…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Audit of operating accounts

Article L251-12

…ts. The final audit report is sent to the line producer and to the authors listed in article L. 113-7 of the same code.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Exceptional cinematographic performances

Article R211-47

…emas; 6° The classification measure and, where applicable, the warning determined by the applicant; 7° In the cases mentioned in 2° and 3° of article R. 211-45, the number of screenings planned as wel…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter II: Amicable distribution

Article R332-2

…claims to the registered creditors and, if it is aware of them, to the creditors listed inarticle 2377 of the Civil Code. The updated statement of claims shall be submitted in the form of a lawyer's o…

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