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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Internal taxes.

Article 266 septies

…in application of Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006 on shipments of waste or, in the absence of a tracking document, on the date of exit from…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Operating rules

Article L214-24-51

…general-purpose investment fund is authorised under the Money Market Fund Regulation (EU) No. 2017/1131 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017: 1° By way of derogation from the…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter II: Exploitation on on-demand audiovisual media services

Article L232-1

…rofessional agreement made compulsory within one month of the publication of law no. 2009-669 of 12 June 2009 promoting the dissemination and protection of creativity on the internet, the cinematograp…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 6 : Exceptional aid to compensate for the loss of turnover due to the ban on the sale and consumption of food and drink in cinemas

Article 919-96

…omed for the activities mentioned in I of article 40 of the aforementioned decree no. 2021-699 of 1 June 2021;3° Turnover is determined by taking into account the period between 3 January 2019 and 15…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Conditions for issuing, suspending or revoking approval for bodies providing training for local elected representatives (R)

Article R1221-22-1

I.-Each year, before 30 June, the holder of an authorisation sends the prefect of the department in which its main establishment is located and the national council an activity report covering the who…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Composition and operation of the National Medical Accidents Commission.

Article R1142-24

The National Commission for Medical Accidents, set up by article L. 1142-10, is made up of the following members: 1° Four professional health experts appearing on one of the lists drawn up by the Cour…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Compensation for damage resulting from the implementation of health measures mentioned in articles L. 3131-1, L. 3134-1 and L. 3135-1

Article R3131-3-1

…in the fields concerned, from the national list of medical accident experts mentioned in article L. 1142-10 or one of the lists established by article 2 of law no. 71-498 of 29 June 1971 relating to l…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XXVII: Tax credit for research expenditure by industrial, commercial or agricultural companies

Article 244 quater B

…vious year;b bis) The additional remuneration and fair prices mentioned in 1 and 2 of l'article L. 611-7 of the Intellectual Property Code, for the benefit of employees who are the authors of an inven…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article L225-102

…ng to the governance and capital transactions of companies with public shareholdings and of article 11 of Law No. 86-912 of 6 August 1986 relating to the terms and conditions of privatisations, as it…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Statutory Auditors.

Article L820-3

…ments relating to compliance with the conditions of its independence provided for in Article L. 822-11-3 and by the code of ethics referred to in article L. 822-16, and, where applicable, the safeguar…

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