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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Coverage of cash requirements and investment financing

Article 916-17

…edium-sized cinemas, the total amount of aid is equivalent to the average of the sums entered for 2017, 2018 and 2019 in the automatic account opened for each cinema in accordance with articles 123-3…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Tax penalties

Article 1798 ter

…obligations laid down in Articles 28 to 30 of Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/273 of 11 December 2017 and Articles 13 to 20 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/274 of 11 December 2017 sup…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Distance supply of financial services to a consumer

Article L754-17

…of the same table: Articles applicable In their wording resulting from L. 343-1 law no. 2014-344 of 17 March 2014 L. 343-2Order no. 2017-1433 of 4 October 2017

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Disciplinary sanctions

Article L341-17

…ons laid down, depending on their nature or activities, in articles L. 612-39, L. 621-15 and L. 621-17.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Operation.

Article L5212-17

The provisions of article L. 5212-16 to unions existing on 6 January 1988, the date of publication of the loi n° 88-13 du 5 janvier 1988 d'amélioration de la décentralisation, if the municipal council…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Operation

Article L612-17

…ry under the conditions provided for in the fourth paragraph of II of Article 6 of the Ordinance of 17 November 1958 on the functioning of parliamentary assemblies;3° bis. To the Chairman and the Gene…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Out-of-court settlement procedure.

Article R1142-17

…not sent him an offer of compensation within the four-month period provided for in Article L. 1142-17. In addition to its opinion and the expert report, the Commission sends the insurer or the Office…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Transfer of ownership

Article L211-17-1

…tted, the former to pay and the latter to deliver, on the date referred to in III of Article L. 211-17. Without prejudice to Regulation (EU) No 236/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Equalisation of tax resources

Article R4332-17

…lation of the region, as it results from the legal population census authenticated by decree on 1st January of the year in respect of which the allocation is made. For the Department of Mayotte, the p…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Agents

Article L775-17

…olumn of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 523-1 Ordinance no. 2017-1252 of 9 August 2017 L. 523-2, with the exception of its h) Act 2013-672 of 26 July 2013 L. 523-…

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