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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for financial assistance

Article 122-2

…submit a file comprising: 1° A form containing the information required to examine the application; 2° The supporting documents specific to each assistance, listed in the annexes included in these gen…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 217 quinquies

…ercise of share subscription or purchase options granted to their employees pursuant to Articles L. 225-177 to L. 225-184 and L. 22-10-56 of the French Commercial Code and as a result of the free allo…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Conditions for using an adapted procedure

Article R2323-2

…mentioned below are awarded according to an adapted procedure: 1° Maintenance and repair services; 2° Services relating to military aid to foreign countries; 3° Defence services, military defence ser…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Addiction care, support and and prevention centres

Article D3411-2

…tive substances or alcohol. In this case, they are only obliged to fulfil the missions mentioned in 2° and 3° of article D. 3411-1 for the people they care for, including their associated consumption.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Disclosure of accounts.

Article R232-23

I. - The report referred to in Articles L. 232-6, L. 232-6-1, L. 233-28-1 and L. 233-28-2, translated into French if necessary and certified as true, shall be filed with the commercial court registry,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Unused medicinal products for human use.

Article R4211-24

…They carry out the following operations: 1° Providing pharmacies with receptacles free of charge; 2° Collecting, grouping, sorting and transporting unused medicines and, where applicable, their pack…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Supplementary occupational pension contracts

Article A143-2

I.-In application of article L. 143-2-2, members of a contract referred to in the first paragraph of article L. 381-1 and guaranteed by a supplementary professional retirement fund shall be provided,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-20

…g whether the composition of the Board of Directors complies with the first paragraph of article L. 225-18-1. Any appointment made in breach of this paragraph that does not remedy the irregularity in…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Comparative advertising

Article L132-25

Infringements of the provisions of articles L. 122-1 to L. 122-5 are, where applicable, punishable by the penalties laid down, on the one hand, in articles L. 132-2 to L. 132-9, on the other hand, to…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Insurance on goods transported by all modes of transport

Article L173-20

Goods may be surrendered if they are : 1° totally lost ;2° Lost or damaged up to three quarters of their value;3° Sold en route due to material damage to the insured objects as a result of a covered r…

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