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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Purpose and conditions of award

Article 211-90

…reating digital subtitling and audio description files and adapting said files to any digital broadcast medium includes:1° Writing the subtitle and audio description texts;2° Interpreting and recordin…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Clearing houses

Article L440-1

…ed by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution after consultation with the Autorité des marchés financiers and the Banque de France.Where justified by the nature, volume or complexity of t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Investment ratios

Article R214-21

I. - A UCITS may not invest more than : 1° 5% of its assets in eligible financial instruments or money market instruments issued by the same issuer ; 2° 20% of its assets in eligible financial securit…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Restrictions on borrowing terms and conditions and on entering into financial contracts

Article R1611-33

…of different maturities on the interbank or money market in the eurozone;4° The interest rates on passbook savings accounts defined in articles L. 221-1 , L. 221-13 and L. 221-27 of the Monetary and…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Regime for members of a regulated market

Article L421-18

Admission to and continued membership of a regulated market by the market undertaking organising trading on that market are subject to compliance with the rules of that market. The relationship betwee…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 5: Enforcement of administrative court decisions

Article L614-19

…tory and any accompanying decision imposing a return ban, including where the appeal against these has been rejected in accordance with the procedure laid down in Articles L. 614-7 to L. 614-13.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Composition

Article R6156-58

Without prejudice to the provisions of the last paragraph of I of article 9 bis of the aforementioned law of 13 July 1983, any disputes regarding the validity of the electoral operations shall be refe…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: General rules governing UCITS

Article L214-8

…deposits, the units of which are issued and redeemed at the request of subscribers or unitholders, as the case may be, and at the net asset value plus or minus fees and commissions, as the case may b…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: General rules governing general-purpose investment funds

Article L214-24-34

…deposits, the units of which are issued and redeemed at the request of subscribers or unitholders, as the case may be, and at net asset value plus or minus fees and commissions, as the case may be. T…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Administrative police powers of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (French National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety)

Article L5145-4

In the cases provided for in articles L. 5145-2-1 and L. 5145-2-2 as well as in the case of suspension or withdrawal of a marketing authorisation or registration of a veterinary medicinal product, the…

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