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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions specific to credit institutions, investment firms, finance companies, electronic money institutions and payment institutions

Article L783-4

…n of the same table: Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting fromArticleL. 613-20-1, with the exception of its Ia, II and IVOrder 2021-796 of 23 June 2021 L. 613-20-3 Order no. 2010 76 of 21 Janua…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Introductory chapter: Definitions

Article 120-1

…hannel as soon as they are made available to the public. "Audiovisual adaptation of a live performance": a work based on the recording or audiovisual recreation of a performance, whether pre-existing…

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

Article 411-45

Points are divided into five groups as follows: I.-Commercial broadcasting in France and abroad" group: The "Commercial broadcasting in France and abroad" group is allocated a maximum total of 50 poin…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Ia: Territoriality

Article 258 A

I. - By way of derogation from the provisions of I of Article 258: 1° The place of supply of goods dispatched or transported from France to another Member State in the context of intra-Community dista…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IIIa: Dental assistants

Article L4393-12

…to the Agreement on the European Economic Area who, without possessing one of the qualifications or certificates mentioned in articles L. 4393-9 and L. 4393-10, hold : 1° Evidence of formal qualificat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 1 - Organisation of the fund for financing and managing the individual training rights of local elected representatives

Article R1621-4

…is fund is fed by a compulsory contribution deducted from the gross amount of the functional allowances paid to the members of the councils of the communes, the public establishments for inter-communa…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Powers and prerogatives

Article L561-25

…o a transaction that was the subject of a report mentioned in Article L. 561-15 or to information received under Articles L. 561-15-1, L. 561-27, L. 561-28 or L. 561-29, as well as for the purpose of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R355-7

…y Board. It shall contain the following information, either in full or by direct and precise reference to information which is equivalent, both in nature and scope, to that published pursuant to other…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Administration and control

Article D1524-7

…alling its history, its corporate purpose, its areas of activity, the address of its registered office, the number of its employees, the breakdown of its capital, the organisation of its governance, t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R1413-1

…atening them, their causes and trends. To this end, it creates information systems enabling it to access scientific, health, demographic, behavioural, social, climatic, environmental, statistical, ind…

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