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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Penalties.

Article L211-26

…liable to the following additional penalties: 1° Community service, in accordance with article 131-8 of the Criminal Code and under the conditions set out in articles 131-22 to 131-24 of the same Cod…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Definitive approval

Article D331-34

…ocial declaration provided for inarticle R. 133-14 of the French Social Security Code; 7° (Deleted) 8° All documents attesting to the definitive classification of the video game with regard to the cla…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Points scale for works in the animation genre

Article D331-51

…ncurred with service providers established in France: 1 point per 10%, i.e. between 1 and 5 points; 8° At least 50% of expenditure relating to sound creation and sound editing is made with service pro…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisional approval

Article D331-58

…el specifying their employment, nationality and, where applicable, their status as French residents;8° A provisional list of technical industries and other creative service providers established in Fr…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Conditions relating to the amount of remuneration paid to authors, performers and producers

Article 211-19

…ount calculated as follows:- 15% of the share of the production cost of the work below €4,000,000;- 8% of the share of the production cost of the work equal to or greater than €4,000,000 and less than…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Paragraph 1: The debtor's writ of summons

Article R322-5

…the enforcement judge in the form of a lawyer's submission by the time of the hearing at the latest;8° A reminder of the provisions of articles R. 322-16 and R. 322-17 ;9° An indication that the debto…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article L2651-4

…ropean Union" are deleted; 3° In Article L. 2313-3, the words: "or the objectives of Directive 2009/81/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the coordination of procedure…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Powers exercised on behalf of the municipality.

Article L2122-21

…ame forms, when these deeds have been authorised in accordance with the provisions of this Code...; 8° To represent the municipality either as plaintiff or defendant; 9° To take, in the absence of the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 695-9-3

…of the offence where it does not fall within one of the categories of offences referred to in 6° ; 8° The means of appeal against the freezing order for the persons concerned, including bona fide thi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
TITLE XXXII: PROCEDURE APPLICABLE TO OFFENCES RELATING TO THE PROLIFERATION OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION AND THEIR MEANS OF DELIVERY

Article 706-167

…6° The offences of supplying information to a foreign power provided for by Articles 411-6 to 411-8 of the Penal Code when these offences are related to one of the offences mentioned in 1° to 5° of…

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