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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2 : Decision of the departmental cinematographic development commission

Article L212-9

…compliance with any programming commitments entered into pursuant to articles L. 212-19 and L. 212-20 ; b) The nature and cultural diversity of the cinematographic offer proposed in the area concerne…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Forfeiture rules

Article L518-24

Subject to III of articles L. 312-20 of this Code, L. 132-27-2 of the Insurance Code and L. 223-25-4 of the Mutual Code, sums deposited in any capacity whatsoever with the Caisse des Dépôts et Consign…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: European UCITS management companies

Article L532-21-2

…e the Autorité des marchés financiers finds that a management company referred to in Article L. 532-20-1 with a branch or providing services in mainland France, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Property wealth tax

Article 972 bis

…dertaking for collective investment are composed directly or indirectly, to the extent of less than 20%, of immovable property or rights taxable under the conditions provided for in 2° of the said art…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Supervision of groups on a consolidated basis

Article L613-21-3

…l et de résolution with a view to reaching a joint decision on 1°, 2° or 3° of II of Article L. 613-20-4 or on the measures to be taken in the event of any question or finding of significant importanc…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Single chapter: The Autorité des marchés financiers

Article R621-2

…elves to be in a conflict of interest situation pursuant to Article 12 of the aforementioned Act of 20 January 2017, shall be mentioned in the minutes. A member who has not taken part in the deliberat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Experimentation

Article R5121-15

…vestigator does not already have one; 9° The investigator's brochure referred to in article R. 1123-20, together with the references of the main studies used for this summary; 10° The clinical trial p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Enforcement of criminal sentences

Article D48-2

…ine or day-fine being imposed, after having informed the convicted person, where applicable, of the 20% reduction in the fine in the event of voluntary payment within a period of one month, without th…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Nature of the continuous assessment of knowledge leading to the brevet d'Etat d'éducateur sportif à trois degrés (three-degree state diploma for sports instructors) during training under the responsibility of the Minister for Sport

Article A212-131

…t 160 hours spread over a maximum period of twelve weeks; - or during a training period of at least 200 hours spread over a maximum period of nine months. For the common part of the second-degree stat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation of fire and rescue services in Alsace

Article L1424-96

…option of the budget and the administrative account in application of articles L. 1612-1 to L. 1612-20, as well as those referred to in articles L. 1424-26 and L. 1424-97. The maximum allowances voted…

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