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Showing 50115020 of 43523 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. 18 April 1967 · Cass. civ. 25 March 1992 · Cass. com. 4 January 1994 · Cass. 3e civ. 9 December 2009 · Cass. 3e civ. 15 June 2011

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and terms of allocation

Article 919-111

…al grants are awarded to foreign sales companies that:1° Meet the conditions set out in article 721-4;2° Regularly sell cinematographic works abroad.Companies that have marketed abroad at least three…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section 0I bis: Tax on the market value of real estate owned in France by legal entities

Article 990 E

The tax provided for in article 990 D is not applicable:1° To international organisations, sovereign States, their political and territorial subdivisions, and to legal persons, bodies, trusts or compa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Traditional herbal medicinal products

Article R5121-107-9

…r General of the Agency if the application does not comply with the provisions of Articles L. 5121-14-1, R. 5121-97, R. 5121-107-4 and R. 5121-107-5, or if at least one of the following conditions is…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to sanitation

Article L2224-9

…ormal notice, order the payment of an administrative fine. This administrative fine may not exceed €15,000 per work.II. - Any system for using rainwater for domestic purposes inside a building supplie…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Notifications and information

Article L233-9

…3-3 ; 3° Shares or voting rights owned by a third party with whom that person is acting in concert; 4° Shares already issued that that person, or one of the persons mentioned in 1° to 3° is entitled t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Commitments giving rise to a diversification provision

Article R134-9

…cal provisions corresponding to the operations of the insurance undertaking covered by Article L. 134-1 are those mentioned in 1°, 4°, 7°, 9°, 10° and 11° of Article R. 343-3. They are entered in the…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Exceptional aid to help offset the fall in activity in 2020

Article 919-26

…d to distribution companies that :1° Have distributed at least three cinematographic works during 2018, 2019 and 2020;2° Have distributed a cinematographic work released in cinematographic theatres in…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 919-7

…pplication form drawn up by the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée electronically by 30 June 2022 at the latest.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Other powers

Article L621-20-4

…magistrate (juge d'instruction), where appropriate: 1° To the Secretary General of the Autorité des marchés financiers, before sanction proceedings are initiated; 2° Or to the rapporteur of the Enforc…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Other powers

Article R621-43-1

The persons mentioned in c of article L. 621-18-2, who have close personal ties with one of the persons mentioned in a or b of the same article, are :1° Their spouse who is not legally separated or th…

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