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

Article 222-25

The amount of the direct grant may be subject to a reduction fixed at the time of the last payment, taking into account the total amount of public financial aid granted, the ceiling mentioned in artic…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection IV: Special provisions for the register of associations

Article 30-16

The operations, mentioned in article 79-IV of the local civil code applicable to the departments of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Moselle, of mergers, demergers and partial contributions of assets between a…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Monitoring the insurance obligation

Article A211-8

The insurance certificate and provisional insurance certificate must be yellow. They must be no smaller than 7 x 8 cm and no larger than 21 x 29.5 cm. These documents must also comply with the standar…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Management entrusted to a public institution in the absence of an agreement.

Article D5427-15

The central and external services of the Délégation générale à l'emploi et à la formation professionnelle are authorised to check with the bodies listed in article D. 5427-4 that the legal provisions…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Indirect taxes

Article 1794

For the offences listed below, the penalty of between one and three times the amount of duty is replaced by a penalty of between one and three times the value of the apparatus, objects, products or go…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO MAYOTTE

Article L5832-2

I.-The provisions of Chapter V of Title I of Book II of this Part are not applicable to Mayotte. II.-The following shall apply in Mayotte from 1 January 2014: 1° Article L. 5210-4 ; 2° Article L. 5211…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Operation

Article L7222-23

After the election of its President and Vice-Presidents, under the conditions provided for in Article L. 7223-2, the Assembly of Martinique may form its committees and appoint its members or delegates…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: House arrest with electronic surveillance

Article D32-15

In the event of placement under house arrest with mobile electronic surveillance, the person shall be subject to the automated processing provided for by articles 763-12 of this code and R. 544-18 et…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Accelerated safeguard

Article R628-9

Within eight days of the list being handed over by the court clerk, the court-appointed agent communicates by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, or, where applicable, via the portal me…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Cemeteries

Article R2223-22

The articles L. 2223-4, R. 2223-12 to R. 2223-21 do not derogate from the provisions governing military burials. When a person whose death certificate bears the entry "Died for France" duly recorded h…

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