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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter V: Provisions relating to financial assistance for the promotion of audiovisual works abroad

Article 915-2

For applications for selective aid for the promotion of audiovisual works abroad submitted to the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée between 20 July 2020 and 31 December 2021, in addition…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article L2573-38

I. - The articles L. 2311-1 to L. 2311-7 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II.Article L. 2311-1-1 is applicable to the communes of French Po…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Protection and promotion of maternal and child health

Article R2421-1

I.-Articles R. 2132-1 and R. 2132-2 are applicable to Wallis and Futuna, in the version resulting from Decree no. 2021-613 of 18 May 2021, and subject to the adaptations provided for in II and III.II.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Bodies

Article R4021-14

The Management Board is composed equally of representatives of the professional sections defined in article R. 4021-15, appointed on their proposal by the Director General of the National Agency for P…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Actual turnover system

Article 266

1. The taxable amount is made up of:a. For supplies of goods, services and intra-Community acquisitions, by all sums, values, goods or services received or to be received by the supplier or service pr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Council for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome and Chronic Viral Hepatitis.

Article D3121-1

The role of the National Council for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) and Chronic Viral Hepatitis is to give its opinion on all the problems posed to society by these diseases and to make an…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IX: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R490-6

Where the judge intends to request the opinion of the European Commission pursuant to the provisions of Article 15(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2003 of 16 December 2002 on the implementation of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Own funds

Article R351-25

Without prejudice to Article R. 351-24, the following classifications are applied for the purposes of this section:1° The surplus funds referred to in Article R. 351-21 are classified in level 1 ;2° L…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Restricted invitation to tender

Article R2161-8

The minimum period laid down in Article R. 2161-7 may be reduced: 1° To ten days if the contracting authority has published a prior information notice which has not been used as a call for tenders and…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VII: Legal costs

Article R331

Article R. 147 is worded as follows: "Art. R. 147.-In the cases provided for in articles 54,56,97 and 151, compensation shall only be granted for the custody of seals when it has not been deemed appro…

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