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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Support for collective operations

Article 634-5

The amount of aid for operations of a collective nature may not exceed 75% of the expenditure mentioned in Article 634-3 and respects, where applicable, the intensity rate provided for in Article 3 of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L214-55-1

…y the open-ended real estate investment company (société de placement à prépondérance immobilière à capital variable) or by the fund management company. Where applicable, this report shall mention the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article L1221-5-1

…t relationship. An employee who has not received the information referred to in the first paragraph may only apply to the competent court to obtain this information after giving formal notice to his e…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article R761-5

The market manager draws up an annual report under the conditions provided for in article L. 1411-3 of the Code général des collectivités territoriales and forwards it to the communes and the établiss…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-50-1

…Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution to oppose the appointment, pursuant to Article L. 612-23-1, the Board may, between two General Meetings, make provisional appointments.Where the opposi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Fees charged by commercial court registrars.

Article R743-142-5

The following provisions apply to the category of miscellaneous advertising mentioned in Table 2 of Appendix 4-7: 1° The emolument relating to the deferral of registration by the registrar includes, w…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: The Assize Court

Article D45-1-5

…agraph of article 362 of the present code, if the provisions of the first two paragraphs of article 132-23 of the penal code are applicable, the president shall inform the jurors of the consequences o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 9: Special conditions for the "burnt" label

Article D6124-177-50

In addition to the teams provided for in article D. 6124-177-3, the multidisciplinary team includes: 1° At least one physiotherapist; 2° At least one occupational therapist; 3° At least one speech the…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Special provisions concerning the content of award notices

Article R2183-5

Under the conditions laid down in Article L. 2132-1, certain information on the award of the contract may not be published if its disclosure would impede law enforcement, would be contrary to the publ…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Citations and meanings

Article 552

…nt resides in another overseas department, in an overseas territory, in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon or Mayotte or in mainland France, or if, summoned before a court of a department of mainland France, he…

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