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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Allocation of sums held in the automatic online broadcast account

Article 612-15

…211-7 to 211-13. These sums may be invested as soon as investment approval has been granted or, if this has not been requested,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Mergers involving joint stock companies or limited liability companies

Article L236-12

…er, one or more shareholders of the acquiring company representing at least 5% of the share capital may apply to the courts for the appointment of an agent for the purpose of convening the extraordina…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Consultation of registered information

Article R521-32

…transaction: the category of registration among those listed in article R. 521-2. Each consultation may concern only one person and one or more categories of registration. For the consultation of regi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Steering Committee

Article R1418-19

…ssociations involved in protecting the rights of individuals.The Chairman of the Steering Committee may, on his or her own initiative or on that of one of the members of the Committee, invite to Commi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: "ORSAN" system

Article R3131-10-3

…rusted to them. II. - Persons designated and authorised for this purpose by the competent authority may have access to all or part of the data mentioned in article R. 3131-10-2, by virtue of their dut…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Professional acts.

Article R4331-1

Persons fulfilling the conditions defined in articles L. 4331-2 and L. 4331-4 may contribute, when such treatment is provided by a health or medico-social establishment or service governed by Book I o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Other narcotic substances and preparations

Article R5132-81

The persons mentioned from 1° to 5° of the I of article R. 5132-76 may only acquire narcotic substances and preparations classified as narcotics in an establishment holding the authorisation provided…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Tax revenue equalisation

Article L3335-2

…en the total annual amount of the two levies exceeds 1.6 billion euros, the Local Finance Committee may decide to set aside all or part of the amount exceeding this level in a departmental guarantee f…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions and scope of application

Article L221-1

I. - For the purposes of this Title, the following are deemed to be: 1° Distance contract: any contract concluded between a trader and a consumer, under an organised distance sales or service-provisio…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
c: Taxation based on actual profits

Article 54 septies

I. - Companies placed under one of the regimes provided for by 5 bis, 5 ter and 7 to 7 ter of Article 38, Article 38 septies, IIa of Article 208 C and articles 151 octies, 151 octies A, 151 octies B,…

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