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

Article 231-12

…ment's cinemas and the total number of film screenings organised in the establishment over a reference period.C. - The base index is calculated:1° By calculating the ratio between the total number of…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Inclusion on the list of top-level athletes

Article R221-2

…on the list; 5° If they have not signed an agreement with a delegated sports federation in accordance with article L. 221-2-1.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I

Article L4021-2

An order of the ministers responsible for health and social security, and of the minister for defence in the case of professionals in the armed forces health service, defines the priority multiannual…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Judicial liquidation and professional recovery.

Article R645-24

…has completed his assignment, he shall file an end-of-assignment report with the court clerk's office, including details of his disbursements, and shall provide the president of the court with a copy…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies

Article A225-2

…paragraph of I of the same article. In giving its opinion on the explanations relating to the absence of certain information pursuant to the sixth paragraph of Article R. 225-105, the independent thi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Banking, payment services and electronic money

Article L752-2

…same table: Applicable articles In their wording resulting from L. 312-1 Law no. 2021-1774 of 24 December 2021 L. 312-1-1 A and L. 312-1-1 B Law no. 2013-672 of 26 July 2013 L. 312-1-1 Act no. 2019-4…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Banking, payment services and electronic money

Article L753-2

…he same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 312-1 Law no. 2021-1774 of 24 December 2021 L. 312-1-1 A and L. 312-1-1 B Law no. 2013-672 of 26 July 2013 L. 312-1-1 Act no. 2019-4…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Branches of insurance undertakings whose head office is situated in a State which is not a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L329-2

Where an undertaking referred to in 4° of I of Article L. 310-2 has branches established in more than one Member State, each branch is treated independently for the purposes of applying the provisions…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Consumer credit

Article D312-23

The representative example must indicate, in the same font size as that provided for the information set out in article L. 312-8 : 1° Its nature as an example; 2° The number of instalments for each in…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title I: CONDITIONS OF ADMISSION TO FRENCH TERRITORY

Article R311-2

Any foreign national who declares that he or she wishes to stay in France for a period not exceeding three months is required to present, in order to be admitted to French territory, the visas and doc…

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