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French General Tax CodeIn force
4°: Transactions in forward financial instruments

Article 242 ter E

…he persons contracting these financial contracts mention on the declaration provided for in article 242 ter the identity and address of their clients or co-contractors and the amount of profits and lo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 6: Committees - Representation on outside bodies

Article L4132-21-1

The Regional Council, when one fifth of its members so request, shall deliberate on the creation of a mission of information and evaluation, tasked with gathering information on a matter of regional i…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Recording data in the directory

Article R53-21-5

…on relating to the data recorded in the register in accordance with the provisions of Article R. 53-21-2 : -nature of the measure referred to in article R. 53-21-2 and the date on which it was carried…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Acquisition of French nationality by marriage

Article 21-5

…ority is recognised in France does not render null and void the declaration provided for in article 21-2 in favour of the spouse who contracted it in good faith.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Services accessible via electronic communications operators

Article L242-21

Any breach of the provisions of articles L. 224-43 to L. 224-54 is punishable by an administrative fine, the amount of which may not exceed €75,000 for a natural person and €375,000 for a legal entity…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: National police services

Article R15-21

The creation or abolition of the services referred to in the preceding articles is decided by decree when their territorial jurisdiction exceeds the limits of a department. It shall be decided by orde…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Allocation of seats

Article R2314-21

Where two lists have the same average and only one seat remains to be filled, this seat is awarded to the list with the greater number of votes. Where two lists have the same number of votes, the seat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R3512-21

I.-Cigarette paper, cigarette-rolling paper and the filter wrapper are all one colour. The manufacturer may choose between two shades of colour for the filter wrapper. II -An order of the Minister for…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article 211-97

…feature-length cinematographic works is subject to the provisions of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 212-1

…s for long-term cinematographic works is subject to the provisions of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in…

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