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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 611-2

…cinematographic and audiovisual works is subject to the provisions of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 621-4

…al works using digital visual effects is subject to the provisions of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions adapting Book II.

Article L932-6

In articles L. 225-177, L. 225-179 and L. 233-11, the words: "the date of publication of Law no. 2001-420 of 15 May 2001 on new economic regulations" are replaced by the words: "the date of publicatio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Exercise of control

Article R783-6

…low shall apply in French Polynesia, subject to the adaptations mentioned in II, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Exercise of control

Article R784-6

I. - Are applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptations mentioned in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in the wording in…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Arrest and surrender

Article 627-4

…after ensuring that they are formally in order, shall transmit them to the Public Prosecutor at the Paris Court of Appeal and, at the same time, execute them throughout the territory of the Republic.…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1 The Training and Employment Committee

Article A142-6

…ring management professions; 4° The Director of the National Mountain Sports School; 5° A regional academic delegate for youth, commitment and sport appointed by the Minister for Sport; 6° The Directo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Nullity, dissolution and liquidation of the company.

Article R743-66

The dismissal of all the members of the company or of the company shall automatically result in the dissolution of the company by the extinction of its objects. The decision to dismiss them shall reco…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Cross-border recognition.

Article 509-6

The certificate, or the decision relating to the application for recognition or declaration of enforceability, shall be delivered to the applicant against a certificate or receipt, or shall be notifie…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Obligations.

Article L228-65

…in dispute or which have been the subject of judicial decisions;3° On proposals for mergers in the cases provided for in Article L. 236-14 and demergers in the cases provided for in Article L. 236-23…

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