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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Prenatal diagnosis.

Article L2161-1

As stated in Article 511-20 of the French Penal Code, reproduced below: "The act of carrying out prenatal diagnosis without having received the authorisation referred to in article L. 2131-1 of the Pu…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Contracts for the purchase of one or more existing artistic works

Article R2172-15

The contract for the decoration of public buildings is awarded to one or more living artists after obtaining the opinion of the project manager, the user of the work and the regional director of cultu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Private equity funds.

Article R214-67

A local investment fund may not invest more than 10% of its assets in rights representing a financial investment in entities mentioned in 2° of II of article L. 214-28 which are not covered by the oth…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national criminal database for perpetrators of terrorist offences

Article R50-45

…2° of Article 706-25-7, concerning persons residing in France, the proof referred to in article R. 50-44 is handed over in person to the police station or gendarmerie brigade responsible for the pers…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article R424-4

…1, minus the reagents incorporated for production and treatment. The amount of the tax is set at €0.50 per tonne of dry matter produced. The maximum amount of the guarantee fund for risks related to t…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4: Production support

Article 422-24

…l aid: 1° For feature-length cinematographic works, audiovisual works and video games, to more than 50% of the final production cost of the work; 2° For feature-length cinematographic works and diffic…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 3: Support for project development

Article 422-20

…blic financial aid: 1° For feature-length cinematographic works and audiovisual works, to more than 50% of the final production cost of the work; 2° For feature-length cinematographic works and diffic…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Principle of advance payment

Article R2391-1

…dvance payment to the holder of a contract when the initial amount of the contract is greater than 250,000 euros excluding tax and insofar as the performance period is greater than three months. When…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
E: Miscellaneous obligations

Article 800

…he partner bound by a civil solidarity pact where the gross assets of the succession are less than €50,000 and on condition that these persons have not previously benefited, on the part of the decease…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Regional development plan

Article R4433-5

…rritory provided for in the last paragraph of Article L. 4433-7 is drawn up at a scale of between 1:50,000 and 1:100,000, with the exception of the sparsely populated areas of French Guiana for which…

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