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Showing 52215230 of 64765 articles for Art. Arrêté of 2 April 2012

French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Administration of establishments in the network of chambers of commerce and industry

Article L712-2

…n the State, represented by the responsible minister, and CCI France sets out the priority missions of the network of chambers of commerce and industry financed by the chamber tax. This contract of ob…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Election of members of territorial and regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article L713-2

I.-In respect of their registered office and all their establishments located in the district of the territorial chamber of commerce and industry, the natural or legal persons mentioned in 1° and 2° o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Registration of sworn freight brokers on the list of the Court of Appeal

Article R131-2

…e checks that the applicant meets the required conditions and gathers all information on the merits of the application. He forwards the application to the Conseil national des courtiers de marchandise…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Administration of establishments in the network of chambers of commerce and industry

Article A712-2

The overall monthly allowance for office expenses that the General Meeting of CCI France and of each territorial and regional chamber of commerce and industry may allocate to the members of its bureau…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Presentation and determination of the statement of estimates of revenue and expenditure

Article R6145-20

The estimated remunerated staffing table shows, for each of the estimated profit and loss accounts and by grade, qualification or status, the number of medical and non-medical staff whose remuneration…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Administrative regime for ships

Article 230

1. Subject to the provisions of 2 below, articles incorporated into French ships outside the Customs territory are treated as if they were imported directly into the part of the Customs territory wher…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Book V: Provisions applicable to Mayotte

Article 2490

For the application of this code in Mayotte, the terms listed below are replaced as follows:1° (Repealed);2° "Court" or "court of appeal" by: "chambre d'appel de Mamoudzou";3° "Juge d'instance" by: "p…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions relating to the creation process

Article D331-22

Compliance with the conditions for the creation of video games set out in 3° and 4° of 1 of III of article 220 terdecies of the French General Tax Code is verified using a points scale. This scale is…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions relating to the creation process

Article D331-24

1° For the purposes of 1° to 5° of article D. 331-23, points are only awarded if the following conditions are met for the video game in question: a) The authors and creative collaborators are either F…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions relating to the creation process

Article D331-25

For the "Contribution to the development of creativity" group, points are allocated as follows: 1° A total of 2 points are allocated to the "Heritage-based creation" sub-group when the video game is i…

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