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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Economic rights

Article L122-5

…e intermediary of a natural person acting on their behalf, acts of reproduction and representation ;8° The reproduction of a work and its representation made for conservation purposes or intended to p…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Provisions relating to the use of a liability management structure

Article L311-42

I.-When the resolution college decides to use a liability management structure mentioned in Article L. 311-41, it may: 1° Instruct the person subject to the resolution procedure to submit to it, withi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
10 ° : Tax credit for expenditure on executive production of cinematographic and audiovisual works

Article 220 quaterdecies

…mpliance with this condition is verified by means of a points scale, the content of which is set by decree;c) Be the subject of eligible expenditure mentioned in III, of an amount greater than or equa…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe II-11 (art. A212-167)

EXEMPTIONSHolders of the third year certificate (P2 b), provided for in article 1 of the decree of 30 April 1968, are exempt from the tests for the common part of the examination for the first level S…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-2 (art. A312-3)

…s on the other; -normal and emergency access to the playing area, by zone, from the stands. Exhibit 8 The description of the design and inspection resources used by the project owner to ensure that th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Infringements of market transparency

Article L465-3-6

…ant to II or III of this Article, the Public Prosecutor has two months from the date of referral to decide whether or not to authorise the Public Prosecutor to initiate public proceedings, after givin…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Branches of insurance undertakings whose head office is situated in a State which is not a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article R329-4

…ontrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall inform the other supervisory authorities concerned of its decision concerning the granting of the aforementioned advantages.These advantages take effect on th…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 411-45

…atographic works provided for in article…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: CCI France

Article L711-16

…otiations may be undertaken at regional level. They are subject to approval under conditions set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat if they have an impact on pay. It may set up a profit-sharing scheme as…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Tax on the costs of chambers of agriculture

Article 1604

…hing Code, within the limit of the ceiling provided for in I of Article 46 of Law No. 2011-1977 of 28 December 2011 on the finances for 2012.By way of derogation from II of the same Article 46, this c…

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