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

Article 223-26

…ve distributed at least three cinematographic works during each of the two years preceding the application and that undertake to maintain this activity for the following year for at least three cinema…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Water and sanitation

Article R2224-22

…work.The declaration shall be made by the owner of the work or, if different, its user.It shall indicate in particular:1° The name and address of the owner of the work and, where applicable, those of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to portfolio management companies

Article L533-22

…h year, they publish a report on the implementation of this policy. The content and methods of publication of this policy and its report are set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat. The persons mentioned…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Payment of tax

Article 223 O

…edits attached to income received by a group company and which did not give entitlement to the application of the parent company regime referred to in Articles 145 and 216 ;b. Tax credits for research…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rules applicable to authorised establishments and organisations

Article R1243-22

…horised establishment or body sends the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé and the Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine, as well as…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Establishment of location surveys and reports

Article R1334-22

I.-"Identification of list C materials and products containing asbestos" means the task of : 1° Searching for the presence of List C materials and products; 2° Searching for the presence of any other…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Securities lending

Article L211-22

The provisions of article L. 211-24 are applicable to loans of financial securities that meet the following conditions: 1. The loan relates to financial securities; 2. The loan relates to financial se…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Governance

Article L224-22

…informs the supervisory committee of the performance of the assets to which payments have been allocated and of the various charges levied. When the plan gives rise to the subscription of a group ins…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4311-22

…ic Area, who is established and legally practises the activities of a nurse responsible for general care in a Member State or State party, may perform professional acts in France, on a temporary and o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Specific provisions applicable to clinical investigations of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1125-22

…nce referred to in article L. 1125-21 shall also be liable to the following penalties: 1° disqualification from civic, civil and family rights, in accordance with the provisions ofarticle 131-26 of th…

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