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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Estimates and contracts.

Article 1799-1

The project owner who concludes a private works contract referred to in 3° of Article 1779 must guarantee the contractor payment of the sums due when these exceed a threshold set by decree in the Cons…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to investment firms and credit institutions providing investment services

Article D533-15

…arty payments, under the conditions set out in Article 50 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/565 of 25 April 2016 supplementing Directive 2014/65/EU.Information on all costs and charges, inc…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Use of labels

Article R2111-17

…ible, to obtain the required label or an equivalent label meeting the conditions of article R. 2111-15 within the time limit, it may prove by any means that the characteristics required by the purchas…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3°: Provisions common to turnover tax and industrial and commercial profits

Article 302 septies A ter A

1. Sole traders and companies referred to in Article 239 quater A subject to the regime defined in article 302 septies A bis may keep super-simplified accounts. These accounts only record details of r…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Powers and organisation for the protection of copyright and related rights

Article L331-15

…1 of sub-section 3 of this section and the authorised and sworn agents mentioned in article L. 331-14 may record acts likely to constitute infringements provided for in articles L. 335-2, L. 335-3, L…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Notices of default and payment orders

Article A444-15

With the exception of those listed under numbers 46, 47 and 49 of table 3-1, the services mentioned in article A. 444-14 also give rise to the collection of a fee known as the "right to institute proc…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Responsibilities

Article R1233-17

The

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Exceptional registration due to difficulties in exhibiting and manufacturing cinematographic works as a result of the health crisis

Article 919-20

…ums in their automatic account, delegated production companies shall send electronically, between 1 September 2021 and 31 December 2021, an application form drawn up by the Centre national du cinéma e…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Measures to boost audiovisual production

Article 916-35

…ums invested pursuant to Articles 211-66 and 311-57, in respect of applications submitted between 1 January 2021 and 30 June 2021 for new audiovisual work projects.The amount of the direct allocation…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Creation and form of cheque

Article L131-10

A cheque written in both words and figures is only valid for the amount written in words in the event of a difference. Where a cheque is written more than once, either in words or in figures, the diff…

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