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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Exceptional aid to help offset the fall in activity in 2020

Article 919-27

Exceptional aid is awarded and its amount determined in consideration of :1° The difficulties encountered by the distribution company during the theatrical release in 2020 of the cinematographic works…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 1: Committee of elected representatives of the Ile-de-France region (R).

Article R2531-27

The election of representatives of groups of municipalities and mayors takes place by ballot paper sent by registered post to the prefecture of the Ile-de-France region, prefecture of Paris. The ballo…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1 : Examination for admission to the probationary period, probationary period and examination to qualify as a court-appointed administrator

Article R811-27

In accordance with the last paragraph of Article L. 811-5, persons who have successfully completed a post-secondary course of study of at least three years' duration or of an equivalent duration on a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to the import and export of elements or products of the human body mentioned in article R. 1245-1 from or to countries outside the European Union and the European Economic Area and intended for the manufacture of medicinal products

Article R1245-27

The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé shall keep an up-to-date list of authorised establishments, giving the names and addresses of these esta…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Investment ratios

Article R214-27

…lowing the date of their authorisation.II. - If the limits provided for in this sub-paragraph are exceeded through no fault of the UCITS or as a result of the exercise of subscription rights, the UCIT…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Special provisions for certain investigative measures

Article 694-27

…r controls one or more accounts with a banking or financial institution or to obtain information concerning specific bank accounts and banking transactions that have been carried out during a specific…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Advertising

Article R5125-27

Health education brochures may be given to the public free of charge in the pharmacy, provided that they do not contain any advertising for the pharmacy, apart from the name and address of the pharmac…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Classification of offices.

Article D133-27

…required by the classification, downgrading or removal from the list of classified bodies is pronounced after the representative of the State in the department has ordered the tourist office to comply…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Rates

Article 278-0

Where a transaction includes items other than incidental items that are subject to different rates, the rate applicable to that transaction is the highest rate among the rates applicable to those diff…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: The borough mayor

Article L2511-27

…pervision and responsibility, by decree, delegate signing authority to the director general of services of the mayor's office or of the City of Paris and to the heads of communal services.The arrondis…

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