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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Corsica

Article 297

…2° 2.10% as regards:The transactions referred to in 1°, 1°-00 bis, 1°-0 bis and 3° of A of Article 278-0 bis and Article 278 bis relating to products delivered in Corsica;The services referred to in B…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Provisions applicable to hunting accidents.

Article R421-24

…r of an accident resulting from hunting or the destruction of vermin, the provisions of articles R. 421-4 to R. 421-10 apply to the rights and obligations of the responsible party, the victim, the ins…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XVIII: Prosecution, investigation and trial of offences committed by legal persons

Article 706-45

…place the legal entity under judicial supervision under the conditions set out in articles 139 and 140 by subjecting it to one or more of the following obligations:

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Remuneration of the mandataire judiciaire and the liquidator

Article A663-29

The fee provided for in Article R. 663-31-1 in respect of actions brought pursuant to the provisions of the first paragraph of article L. 653-7 is set at 300 euros per action brought resulting in the…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter II: Award procedure and conditions

Article 442-6

If an author is refused support, he or she may submit a new application from 1 January of the year following the year of the refusal decision.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article 698-7

The provisions of Article 698-6 are applicable, for the trial of ordinary crimes committed in the performance of service by military personnel, only if there is a risk of disclosure of a national defe…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IV: The amicable settlement hearing

Article 774-4

At the end of the hearing, the parties may ask the judge in charge of the amicable settlement hearing, assisted by the Registrar, to record their agreement, in whole or in part, under the conditions o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Sale and transfer of shares.

Article R6223-29

When a partner intends to withdraw from the company in application of article 21 of law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966 relating to professional non-trading companies, he shall notify the company of hi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Powers of the public prosecutor

Article 41-6

By way of derogation from articles 41-4 and 41-5, when proceedings have ended in a final conviction handed down by an Assize Court, the Public Prosecutor or the Attorney General who intends to order t…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions relating to the works

Article 721-6

…or which aid for world cinemas has been granted and whose production budget is less than €2,500,000;4° Long-length cinematographic works for which a production licence has been issued for more than fo…

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