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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions relating to the compensation fund for the interruption or abandonment of film or audiovisual shoots due to the covid-19 epidemic

Article 913-1

…he territory of another Member State of the European Union, and resumed or begun on or after 11 May 2020.For the purposes of this chapter, filming means the taking of photographs and sound recordings,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of taxable income

Article 80 sexdecies

…eding the ceiling provided for in the same 2° which benefit from the exemption provided for in a of 18° of the article 81 of the present code.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Provisions specific to Book VI

Article R976-1

The provisions of articles R. 611-23-1, R. 662-4 in the version resulting from the decree no. 2016-1851 of 23 December 2016 relating to the appointment of bailiffs and auctioneers in certain procedure…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Authorisation

Article R6322-16

…the quality of the sterilisation of these devices under the conditions set out in articles R. 6111-18 to R. 6111-21.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Accounting obligations applicable to certain traders.

Article L123-27

As an exception to the provisions of the third paragraph of Article L. 123-18, natural persons placed by option or by operation of law under the simplified real tax regime may use a simplified valuati…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Capital increases

Article L242-20

It is a criminal offence for the chairman, directors or statutory auditors of a société anonyme to give or confirm inaccurate information in the reports presented to the general meeting called to deci…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Offences relating to obligations

Article L245-15

…5-9, and articles L. 245-12 and L. 245-13 are punishable by five years' imprisonment and a fine of €18,000 when committed fraudulently with a view to depriving the bondholders or some of them of part…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judgment on liability

Article 849-11

…the defendant must implement the publicity measures ordered pursuant to the article 67 de la loi du 18 novembre 2016 aforementioned and, failing this, on expiry of which they will be carried out by th…

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French Customs CodeIn force
B. - Prescription against the administration.

Article 354 bis

…13 establishing the Customs Code of the Union, applicable to the customs debt defined in Articles 5(18), (20) and (21) of that Regulation, shall be extended to five years in the cases provided for in…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title VI: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R764-2

…g provisions are applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in their wording resulting from Decree no. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated in the table below.Articles applicableIn…

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