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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Investment and related services

Article D752-18

…cable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 321-12023-813 of 22 August 2023D. 321-2No. 2009-297 of 16 March 2009II. - For the application of I, the references to the units mentioned in ar…

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

Article 621-18

Expenditure taken into account to determine the amount of selective aid is capped at 80% of the production budget for the work or, in the case of an international co-production, 80% of the French part…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Stock options.

Article L225-185

…its employees or corporate officers, the maximum provided for in the last paragraph of Article L. 225-182 is increased to one-third of the capital. The chairman of the board of directors, the chief e…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 3: The procedure for judging the entire dispute

Article 1563

…law and shall be accompanied by the list of documents referred to in the third paragraph of article 1560.The lawyer who files the document informs the opposing party himself and the lawyer who assiste…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of doctors.

Article R4127-18

A doctor may only carry out a voluntary interruption of pregnancy in the cases and under the conditions laid down by law; he or she is always free to refuse to do so and must inform the person concern…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Issuing work permits

Article R5221-18

If agreed, the Prefect will send work permits for contracts of more than three months or seasonal work contracts to the French Office for Immigration and Integration.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Obligations where there is a high risk of money laundering or terrorist financing

Article R561-18

…e governing body of a political party or grouping subject to the provisions of law no. 88-227 of 11 March 1988 or of a foreign political party or grouping;3° Member of a Supreme Court, Constitutional…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Implementation of the legal guarantee of conformity

Article L224-25-17

…er has fulfilled his obligations under this subsection, under the conditions set out in Articles 1219 and 1220 of the Civil Code. The provisions of this sub-section are without prejudice to the award…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Tontines.

Article R322-155

…ven, without the Articles of Association being able to set this fraction at more than three-tenths; 4° The basis of distribution for contracts reduced in this way, with or without exclusion of the sha…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Assignment and pledging of trade receivables.

Article R313-18

In the event of a dispute, the notifying institution must prove that the debtor was aware of the notification. This proof is established in accordance with the rules of evidence applicable to the debt…

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