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Showing 47614770 of 7791 articles for Art. CA Paris – 26 June 2019 – no. 16/23435

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 231-15

For the application of the multiplying factors, only cinemas in cinemas with an average of at least 32 weeks of activity per year during the reference period are taken into account.By way of derogatio…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Historic buildings

Article D1421-8

In application of the provisions of article L. 1421-8, the rules relating to the custody and conservation of movable objects classified as historic monuments owned, assigned or deposited by local auth…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Administrative police powers of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (French National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety)

Article L5145-2-2

…ving obtained the prior authorisation or registration required by the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of 11 December 2018 or this Title, or is placed on the market or used in disregard of those p…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of budgets

Article L1612-12

The local authority's accounts are approved by a vote of the deliberative body on the administrative account presented by the mayor, the president of the departmental council or the president of the r…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Company diagnostic experts.

Article L813-1

…eceivership proceedings. These experts must not, over the previous five years, have received in any capacity whatsoever, directly or indirectly, any remuneration or payment from the natural person or…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of the budget

Article LO6362-7

…he deliberation provided for in the second paragraph of the same Article LO 6362-4 and for the application of Article LO 6362-10. When the local authority's budget has been settled and made enforceabl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Adoption of the budget and settlement of accounts

Article LO6471-10

…he deliberation provided for in the second paragraph of the same Article LO 6471-7 and for the application of Article LO 6471-13. When the local authority's budget has been settled and made enforceabl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions relating to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article R6523-2-19

In order to carry out its tasks, the skills operator receives the resources collected for the development of vocational training and work-linked training by the social welfare fund mentioned inarticle…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Suspicious transaction reports

Article L621-17-5

It is punishable by the penalties laid down in Article 226-13 of the Criminal Code for the directors or officers of the persons mentioned in Article 16 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European P…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Products presented as aiding diagnosis, prevention or treatment.

Article R5122-22

…ditions set out in Articles R. 5122-13 to R. 5122-16. The provisions of article R. 5122-20 are applicable to the application for an advertising visa. The advertisement also mentions the date on which…

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