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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 6: Access to the cinema

Article L212-30

…dered as a single catchment area, the two 25% thresholds mentioned in this paragraph are reduced to 15% and 8% respectively.The offer mentioned in the previous paragraph gives rise to the conclusion o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Calculation of overall risk

Article R214-30

…of the master UCITS in relation to financial contracts. The General Regulation of the Autorité des marchés financiers specifies the conditions for calculating overall risk.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Use of the retirement account

Article R4163-30

…o use the points under 3° of I of article L. 4163-7 under the conditions set out in article R. 4163-15 once he has reached the age of 55.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Criminal penalties

Article 1789

…n subject for less than three years to one of the tax fines or an increase provided for in articles 1729, 1729 B and 1734 intentionally commits a new offence under one of these texts, he may be brough…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Rules common to leases of houses and rural property.

Article 1748

A purchaser who wishes to make use of the option reserved by the lease to evict the tenant in the event of a sale is, in addition, required to give the tenant the advance notice customary in the place…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4a: The Chamber of Territories

Article D4422-30-6

I.-The representatives mentioned in article D. 4422-30-2 are elected within each deliberative assembly concerned by uninominal ballot under the conditions laid down for an appointment in Article L. 21…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 12: National competition.

Article R6152-306

…of these capacities ;2° Tenured teaching and hospital staff governed by decree no. 2021-1645 of 13 December 2021 relating to teaching and hospital staff at university hospitals.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Legal proceedings

Article L623-30

…icle as long as these applications are subject to the prohibitions laid down by the articles L. 623-9 and L. 623-10.Such exploitation automatically incurs the liability defined in this article for its…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Rules common to leases of houses and rural property.

Article 1733

He is liable for the fire, unless he proves: That the fire occurred by fortuitous event or force majeure, or by a construction defect. Or that the fire was communicated by a neighbouring house.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Initial training

Article D722-30

The failure to fulfil the training obligation provided for in article L. 722-17 and the date of cessation of duties are recorded by the first president of the court of appeal. The first president of t…

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