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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Medically assisted procreation with third-party donors

Article 342-9

…medically assisted procreation requiring the intervention of a third-party donor, no filiation link may be established between the donor and the child resulting from the medically assisted procreation…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Classification committee reports and opinions

Article R211-9

The Minister may ask the Classification Committee to carry out a further examination.The procedure set out in the previous paragraph is compulsory if the Minister responsible for culture intends to ta…

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

Article 919-116

Exceptional aid is awarded in the form of a grant.The decision to award the aid or, where applicable, the agreement signed with the foreign sales company, sets out the terms and conditions for payment…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Sustainable development plan

Article L4424-10

I. - Corsica's sustainable planning and development plan is a regional ecological coherence scheme within the meaning of article

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation procedure

Article R1243-10

The authorisations referred to in Article R. 1243-6 may be suspended or withdrawn in whole or in part, pursuant to Article L. 1245-1, and in particular in the event of danger to public health or the e…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Determination of taxable profits

Article 93 B

…ter, who carries out a non-commercial professional activity within the meaning of 1 of the article 92 and which is compulsorily subject to the controlled declaration regime, income tax may be immedia…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Compensation procedures.

Article L211-9

…relating to damage to property where these have not been the subject of prior settlement.This offer may be provisional if the insurer has not been informed within three months of the accident that the…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Exceptional aid to help offset the loss of revenue resulting from the introduction of the health pass

Article 919-54

…direct allocation is set by applying the following flat-rate amounts to admissions made between 14 July 2021 and 28 September 2021:- 0.75 € per entry for the fraction of entries less than or equal to…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Capital increases

Article R22-10-35

By way of derogation from the provisions of Article R. 225-130, when the sale relates to equity securities admitted to trading on a regulated market or to the operations of a central depository referr…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Approval of supporters' associations

Article D224-9

…t to the supporters' associations referred to in articles L. 224-3, L. 332-15, L. 332-16 and L. 332-17 may be granted to supporters' associations meeting the following conditions:1° They must have ado…

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