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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition of the classification committee

Article R211-29

In addition to the chairman and deputy chairman of the committee, the film classification committee comprises twenty-seven full members and fifty-four deputy members divided into four colleges.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Pre-implementation and post-implementation aid committees

Article 211-142

A committee is responsible for examining applications for pre-production support submitted for a director's first feature-length film. It has seven members, including two co-chairmen.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board

Article L22-10-18

Where the company's shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, the number of members of the Management Board referred to in Article L. 225-58 may be increased to seven by the articles of as…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Scope of collective bargaining.

Article L3121-32

A collective agreement at company or establishment level or, failing that, a branch agreement may fix a period of seven consecutive days constituting a week for the application of this chapter.

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to ski lifts.

Article R342-24

…72-4-5° of the town planning code is issued by a qualified body mentioned inarticle 4 of decree no. 2017-440 of 30 March 2017 on the safety of guided public transport, independent of the project owner…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 5 : Acquisition of French nationality by decision of the public authorities

Article 21-23

…haracter or morals or if they have been subject to one of the convictions referred to in Article 21-27 of this code. Convictions handed down abroad may, however, be disregarded; in this case, the decr…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 8: Revolving credit

Article D312-29

The minimum repayment percentage established under the conditions defined in article D. 312-27 and the minimum maturity amount defined in article D. 312-28 correspond to a monthly repayment schedule.…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Tax fines

Article 1763 C

…he deadlines set out in c of 1 of III of Article 885-0 V bis in the version in force on 31 December 2017 , its investment quotas likely to enable unitholders to benefit from the tax advantage provided…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter V: Consolidated and combined financial statements

Article L345-3

…p in accordance with the rules laid down by Articles L. 233-16, L. 233-17-1 and L. 233-18 to L. 233-27 of the French Commercial Code. Undertakings which, although not required to do so because of thei…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Maintenance and quality control obligations

Article R5212-31

…d shall bring the device back into compliance in accordance with the provisions of articles R. 5212-27 and R. 5212-27-1 . If the deterioration in performance observed is likely to lead to a risk of an…

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