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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: Purpose and award conditions

Article 723-4

Financial assistance for the foreign distribution of works representative of world cinema is reserved for companies that : 1° Provide proof of assignment of rights or marketing mandates, or any contra…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER: Financial provisions

Article L2531-4

The rate of payment expressed as a percentage of the salaries defined in article L. 2531-3 is set by Ile-de-France Mobilités within the limits:1° Of 2.95% in Paris and the Hauts-de-Seine department;1°…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Monitoring and penalties.

Article L363-4

Where an insurance or reinsurance undertaking operating within the territory of the French Republic under the freedom to provide services or the freedom of establishment does not comply with the rules…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title I: Trademarks and service marks

Article L712-4-1

The following persons may file an opposition on the basis of one or more of the rights mentioned in Article L. 712-4, provided that these rights belong to the same proprietor: 1° The proprietor of an…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to securitisation undertakings

Article L214-175-4

I. - In accordance with the conditions laid down in the general regulations of the Autorité des marchés financiers, the depositary : 1° ensures that all payments made by or on behalf of holders of uni…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Contracts with healthcare service providers

Article L1435-4-1

The regional health agencies shall enter into a contract with each tenured or non-tenured university lecturer in general medicine covered by article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Contracts with healthcare service providers

Article L1435-5-4

The regional health agencies may enter into a contract with the organisations mentioned inarticle L. 111-1 of the Mutual Health Code and the doctors employed by these organisations, on the basis of wh…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: European patents and European patents with unitary effect

Article L614-16-4

A European patent with unitary effect and a French patent application or a French patent with the same filing date or the same priority date, covering the same invention and belonging to the same inve…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to reinsurance undertakings.

Article R321-5-4

Any decision to grant or refuse administrative authorisation shall be notified by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution to the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to reinsurance undertakings.

Article R322-4-1

The undertakings referred to in 1° of III of Article L. 310-1-1 must limit their objects to the business of reinsurance and related operations. This requirement may include the holding of equity inter…

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