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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Specific investment for certain animated works

Article 211-70

Production companies may submit only one application per calendar year, with the exception of applications for additional investment where an initial investment has been made under the second sentence…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article L351-7

…ame table: APPLICABLE ARTICLES IN THEIR REACTION L. 314-1 to L. 314-4 Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2016-351 du 25 mars 2016 L. 314-5 Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2016-301 du 14 mars 2016 L. 31…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Advertising

Article L224-71

Any advertisement relating to any contract or group of contracts for the use of timeshare, long-term holiday product or for resale or exchange shall indicate the possibility of obtaining the informati…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Advertising

Article L224-72

The timeshare and long-term holiday products offered cannot be represented or sold as an investment.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Creation of security interests

Article R24-7

When an event mentioned in article R. 24-6, the examining magistrate or the public prosecutor shall order the payment of the sums collected as security to the revenue agent under the conditions define…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article 781

Any person who, by assuming a false name or capacity, has had an extract from the criminal record of a third party issued to them is punishable by a fine of €7,500. Any person who has provided imagina…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
5: Special regime applicable to forestry operations

Article 76

…s and other woods: 30 years. b bis From 1 January of the year following the promulgation of the loi n° 2001-602 du 9 juillet 2001 d'orientation sur la forêt, ce régime est applicable pendant dix ans p…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 2: Pre-trial proceedings before the Pre-Trial Judge

Article 789

Where the application is made after his appointment, the Pre-Trial Judge shall, until he relinquishes jurisdiction, have sole jurisdiction, to the exclusion of any other formation of the court, to: 1°…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Scope and definitions

Article L224-70

The contracts mentioned in the first paragraph of article

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Formation of the contract

Article L224-77

The information mentioned in articles L. 224-73 and L. 224-74 are an integral part of the contract. The professional may only modify all or part of the information provided in the event of force majeu…

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