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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Application for authorisation

Article A212-7-3-1

…nsion, an indication of the number of cinemas and spectator places per existing and planned cinema; 9° A list of the devices and equipment planned to make the establishment accessible to disabled peop…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter I: Conditional tax benefits attached to donations

Article 1378 octies

…ssembly and the Senate.II. - When an organisation, which may be audited pursuant to Articles L. 111-9 or L. 111-10 of the aforementioned Code, is definitively convicted pursuant to Articles 223-1-1, 3…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes I

Article Annexe I-6 art R131-3 et R132-7

…rticipation of each person in the proceedings and the adversarial nature of the proceedings.Article 9Documents and pleadings referred to in these rules shall be sent by registered post with acknowledg…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Conditions for holding municipal office.

Article D2573-8

…1708 of 17th December 2021R. 2123-6 and R. 2123-7Decree no. 2003-836 of 1st September 2003 R. 2123-9 and R. 2123-11 Decree no. 2003-836 of 1st September 2003R. 2123-11-1 Decree no. 2003-943 of 2 Octo…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Guarantee fund for damage resulting from preventive, diagnostic or therapeutic acts performed by health professionals

Article L426-1

…cision to withdraw authorisation. Insurance contracts mentioned in 1° to 4° of II of article L. 421-9 are excluded from any compensation.Assistance from the fund is suspended when the company is subje…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Preliminary provisions

Article R93

I.-The costs assimilated to those of Article R. 92 and recoverable by the State are those resulting from:1° Expert appraisals carried out pursuant to the provisions of Title I of Book II of Part Three…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4a: Special provisions for the preparation, distribution and administration of advanced therapy medicinal products prepared on an ad hoc basis as part of the same medical procedure as the removal of the tissues or autologous cells used in their composition.

Article R4211-51-1

I.-In accordance with the provisions of II of Article L. 4211-9-1, an establishment or organisation authorised under this section may have the preparation and distribution of an individually prepared…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: List of penalties

Article L612-40

…ment and of the Council of 26 June 2013, with the exception of the requirements set out in Articles 92a and 92b thereof; 2° It has breached a provision of Title I and Title III of Book V, with the exc…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Combating mirror sites

Article L331-29

Any software publisher, any technical system manufacturer and any service operator may, in the event of refusal of access to information essential to interoperability, ask the Audiovisual and Digital…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Custodian

Article L214-10-1

I. - Only the following may act as UCITS depositories: 1° The Banque de France ; 2° The Caisse des dépôts et consignations ; 3° Credit institutions having their registered office in France; 4° Credit…

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