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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Exceptional aid for particularly vulnerable farmers

Article 919-78

…he granting of the exceptional aid is subject to the provisions of exempted framework scheme No SA.42681, relating to aid for culture and heritage conservation for the period 2014-2023, adopted on the…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Exceptional aid to programming groups and agreements

Article 919-73

…he granting of the exceptional aid is subject to the provisions of exempted framework scheme No SA.42681, relating to aid for culture and heritage conservation for the period 2014-2023, adopted on the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIV: Recourse for compensation available to certain victims of damage resulting from an offence

Article 706-9

…aging a compulsory social security scheme and by those mentioned in articles 1106-9,1234-8 and 1234-20 of the Rural Code;benefits listed in II of Article 1 of Ordinance no. 59-76 of 7 January 1959 rel…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Overall effective rate

Article R753-7

…ble, subject to the adaptations in II, in French Polynesia in the version resulting from Decree no. 2016-884 of 29 June 2016.II. - For the application of I, in the first paragraph of Article R. 313-1,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Overall effective rate

Article R752-7

…icable, subject to the adaptations in II, in New Caledonia in the version resulting from Decree no. 2016-884 of 29 June 2016.II. - For the application of I, in the first paragraph of Article R. 313-1,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXXIII: Procedure applicable in the event of a collective accident

Article 706-176

…on, hearing and judgment of the offences provided for in articles 221-6,221-6-1,222-19,222-19-1,222-20 and 222-20-1 of the Penal Code in cases that involve multiple victims and are or would appear to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Hospital duties for odontology students.

Article R6153-72

As from their enrolment in the first year of the second cycle, the odontology hospital students mentioned in article R. 6153-63 receive remuneration, the annual amount of which is set by order of the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The statutory auditor's mission.

Article R823-7

In their report to the Ordinary General Meeting, the Statutory Auditors shall specify, in addition to the information provided for in Article R. 822-56 :

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Supervisory Board, Executive Board and Management Board

Article L6143-7

…rall multi-annual financing plan and the proposed tariffs for the services mentioned in article L. 174-3 of the Social Security Code and, where appropriate, those for social and medico-social activiti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article L223-7

Members' shares must be subscribed in full by the members. They must be fully paid up when they represent contributions in kind. Shares representing cash contributions must be paid up by at least one…

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