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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article L22-10-43-1

…pean Union. An electronic confirmation of receipt of the vote shall be sent to any shareholder who has voted by electronic means of telecommunication or to his proxy. Any shareholder or his proxy may…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Exclusive right of exploitation

Article L613-5

…rmed in a private context and for non-commercial purposes; b) To acts performed on an experimental basis which relate to the subject matter of the patented invention; c) To the preparation of medicina…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Budgetary and accounting system

Article R232-35

…ll be supported by the necessary documentary evidence, in particular invoices, briefs, contracts, leases or agreements. Acceptance of the expenditure shall take the form either of a dated and signed s…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Specific provisions relating to assignment subledgers

Article R342-5

Assets which are recorded separately in the accounts as provided for in Article R. 342-1 are kept by a single custodian. This custodian shall open, in the name of the insurance undertaking, a cash acc…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 221-2

…inancial aid for distribution giving rise to the allocation of direct grants depending on the broadcasting conditions of cinematographic works;3° Selective financial aid for distribution, other than s…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 321-2

…81, relating to aid for culture and heritage conservation for the period 2014-2023, adopted on the basis of Article 53 of Commission Regulation No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Measures relating to the intensity of public aid

Article 919-64

…works for which it is justified that there are particular difficulties in distributing them in cinemas due to abnormal market conditions linked to the significant drop in attendance at cinemas in the…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Measures following controls

Article R532-1

…holding with a view to sale or distribution free of charge a product or providing a service that has been the subject of a suspension measure; 2° Failing to disseminate the warnings or precautions f…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Agricultural risk compensation scheme

Article D443-3

The application for approval is accompanied by the following information: 1° The constitutive agreement signed by the legal representatives of all the insurance companies which, at the time the applic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Extemporaneous preparation and retail sale.

Article L5143-9

It is forbidden to solicit orders for veterinary medicines from the public through brokers or by any other means, and to fulfil such orders. It is forbidden for any person, with the exception of veter…

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