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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Chiropodists.

Article L4322-13

…d'Etat shall determine, where necessary, the procedures for applying the provisions of articles L. 4322-1 to L. 4322-12, in particular the representation of professionals on the professional bodies a…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Organisations exempt from administrative approval.

Article R322-137

…r. Insurance contracts underwritten by organisations exempted from administrative approval must indicate, in very conspicuous characters, the name and address of the approved reinsurer and mention the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 2: Valuation of assets

Article R343-13

Notwithstanding the provisions of Articles R. 343-9 and R. 343-10, investments accepted in respect of variable capital life assurance or capitalisation contracts, in which the sum insured is determine…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-13

When calculating group solvency, no account is taken of any own funds eligible to cover the Solvency Capital Requirement arising from reciprocal financing between the undertaking referred to in the fi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Investments

Article R385-13

Articles R. 332-45 to R. 332-58 apply to supplementary occupational pension funds.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions applicable to compensation for personal injury.

Article R421-13

…conditions set out in this agreement;-Or, for accidents involving vehicles as defined in article R. 421-1, 2nd paragraph, that they are nationals of a Member State of the European Economic Community o…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Conditions relating to completion

Article 311-13

When an audiovisual work is produced solely by one or more production companies established in France, this work must:1° Be an original French work;2° Have at least 50% of its final cost spent on prod…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Calculation based on commercial representation in cinemas

Article 721-13

This is calculated as follows:- 0.70 per admission for the fraction of the total number of admissions less than or equal to 50,000;- €0.35 per admission for the fraction of the total number of admissi…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Compensation for loss of revenue

Article 917-13

Direct grants are awarded to distribution companies eligible for financial support for film distribution in respect of cinematographic works released in cinemas from 1 July 2020 and distributed by the…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Increased rates for calculating sums representing automatic aid

Article 919-13

…matographic establishments of the implementation of the health pass, provided for by decree n° 2021-699 of 1st June 2021 prescribing the general measures necessary for the management of the end of the…

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