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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Status and missions

Article L111-2

…iovisual works and multimedia works.In addition, the Centre National du Cinéma et de l'Image Animée may, within the framework of agreements concluded with the State, public establishments of the State…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
7: Provisions applicable to impatriates

Article 155 B

…20% of the taxable remuneration resulting from 1.4. The employees and persons referred to in this I may not avail themselves of Article 81 A. II. - The employees and persons mentioned in I are, during…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Income tax

Article 194

…the minor children are deemed to be equally dependent on one and the other parent. This presumption may be set aside if it is justified that one of them assumes the main responsibility for the childre…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title IV: Building insurance

Article A243-4

…rer. Nature of cover: The policy covers the insured's ten-year liability as established by articles 1792 et seq. of the French Civil Code, within the framework and limits provided by the provisions of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: National identification system and register of companies and their establishments.

Article R123-222

…ter responsible for the economy specifies the cases in which several establishments of a legal unit may be identified at the same address.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Other activities of establishments

Article R1222-40

…rsuant to articles L. 1222-1 and L. 1222-1-1, the activities other than transfusion activities that may be carried out within blood establishments are as follows: 1° Among the activities related to bl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article A123-30

…R. 123-111-1; f) The words: "INFORMATION RELATING TO ACTUAL BENEFICIARIES: confidential information may be disclosed only to persons authorised pursuant to Articles R. 561-57 to R. 561-58 of the Monet…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for compassionate access authorisation

Article R5121-74

…tuent elements of the application and any new data which he possesses or becomes aware of and which may influence the assessment of the risk-benefit balance of the medicinal product.III -Where the app…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for initiating resolution proceedings

Article L311-18

…nd the members mentioned in 1° and 2° of I of Article L. 612-8-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code may refer the situation of a person mentioned in Article L. 311-1 to the resolution board of the Aut…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to compensation for personal injury and property damage.

Article A421-1

…und and the compulsory insurance of land vehicles; b) Decrees no. 73-587 of 29 June 1973 and no. 75-171 of 17 March 1975 adopted for their application provided that the Guarantee Fund shall reimburse…

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