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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Direct allowances

Article 611-19

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Direct allowances

Article 612-19

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions relating to the compensation fund for the interruption or abandonment of film or audiovisual shoots due to the covid-19 epidemic

Article 913-10

…nce from the compensation fund, the delegated production company must complete and submit, electronically by 31 May 2023 at the latest, a form drawn up by the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Other service providers

Article L773-31

The articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the vers…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Other service providers

Article L774-31

…isted in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Other service providers

Article L775-25

…left-hand column of the table below shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Public prosecution and investigating authorities

Article D15-4-4

For the application of the provisions of Article 52-1, the judicial courts in which there is an investigating division and the territorial jurisdiction of these divisions are determined as follows: HE…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Provisions specific to public limited companies

Article L22-10-42

…l and for a period not exceeding three years, deprive the agent of the right to participate in that capacity at any meeting of the company concerned in the event of failure to comply with the informat…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article L225-256

Where the company is subject to the provisions of articles L. 225-57 to L. 225-93 and L. 22-10-18 to L. 22-10-30, members of the Management Board are subject to the same liability as directors under t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: General obligations

Article 286 ter

The following shall be identified by an individual number:1° Every taxable person who carries out supplies of goods or services entitling him to deduction; a) (Repealed) b) (Repealed) c) (Repealed)2°…

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