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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 916-43

…ash flow difficulties hampering its investments;b) A statement of intent setting out the main characteristics of the project, in particular its technical and environmental challenges, its positioning…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Tax on offshore wind turbines

Article 1519 C

…ergy at sea mentioned in article 1519 B, for the part relating to installations located in inland waters or the territorial sea, is allocated to the bodies and according to the following percentages:1…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter VI: TAX PROVISIONS

Article D436-2

…oned in 1 of the same article 287 and submitted in respect of the month of January or the first quarter of the year following that during which the tax became due; > For those liable for value added t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Retail distribution.

Article L5424-4

…medicinal products and other products or objects mentioned in article L. 4211-1 through the usual intermediary of brokers; 6° Distributing at home medicines and other products or objects mentioned in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Internal control

Article R561-38-4

…ned in Article R. 561-38-3 shall include at least: 1° Procedures defining the organisation of the internal control system and the internal control activities that these persons carry out to ensure com…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Examination and conditions of authorisation.

Article R5121-50

…products or products which he has issued, accompanied by the corresponding summary of product characteristics, the package leaflet, any conditions set in application of the third paragraph of article…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Appendices

Article Annexe à l'article R314-3

…62 https :// www. legifrance. gouv. fr/ jo _ pdf. do? id = JORFTEXT000032797752-Signification of letters and symbols:-X is the APR;-m denotes the serial number of the last use made on the credit;-k de…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Combating mirror sites

Article L331-28

…to in Article L. 331-5 do not, as a result of their mutual incompatibility or their inability to interoperate, result in limitations in the use of a work that are additional to and independent of tho…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General principles

Article L1611-7-2

…ection of revenue or payment of expenditure relating thereto to the bodies mentioned in Article 238 bis 4 of the General Tax Code whose purpose is to participate in the creation, development or takeov…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibition on cash payment of certain claims

Article L112-6

…I, expenses for licensed services that exceed the sum of 450 euros must be paid by bank transfer.II bis. - Notwithstanding I, payment for pawnbroking transactions may be made in cash or using electron…

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