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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Definitions and scope of application

Article L411-2

…A qualified investor is a person defined in point e of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 2017/1129 of 14 June 2017. A restricted circle of investors is made up of persons, other than qualified investors…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Participative finance service providers

Article L547-1

…ice providers are the legal persons defined in e) of paragraph 1 of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) No 2020/1503 of 7 October 2020. They shall be authorised, under the conditions laid down in this regula…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Provisions relating to aid for the creation and distribution of short cinematographic and audiovisual works

Article 918-1

For work projects selected as part of a festival in 2019, 2020 and 2021, the two-year investment period referred to in 2° of article 411-11 is extended to three years.

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Contract for the sale of travel and holidays.

Article R211-10

The organiser or retailer shall make the refunds required under II and III of article L. 211-14 or, under I of article L. 211-14, refund all payments made by the traveller or on his behalf less the ap…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Professional capital gains

Article 93 quater

I. Capital gains realised on fixed assets are subject to the regime of articles 39 duodecies to 39 novodecies.The long-term capital gains or losses regime provided for in Article 39 quindecies is appl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Operation.

Article R2121-8

In the case provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 2121-14, the deliberations relating to the mayor's administrative account are forwarded by the session chairman to the prefect or sub-pre…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article R284-1

…ovisions 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 thei…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Controlling epidemics and certain communicable diseases

Article R3821-13

…lting from Decree no. 2021-453 of 16 April 2021 postponing the end of the application of Decree no. 2020-610 of 22 May 2020 taken for the application of Article L. 3131-17 of the Public Health Code, s…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Measures to boost cinema distribution

Article 916-12

…sums held in the automatic account of distribution companies that were due to expire on 31 December 2020, the period referred to in 2° of article 123-8 is extended by one year.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Provision of cash as part of a payment transaction

Article R112-7

When providing the service referred to in I of Article L. 112-14, the following is punishable by a fifth-class fine 1° Provide cash against payment by means of a payment instrument included in the lis…

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