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Showing 21312140 of 33394 articles for Art. Cass. com. 20 June 1995 · Cass. 3e civ. 7 April 2004 · Cass. com. 13 December 1994 · CA Paris 17 September 2013

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter II: Ethics

Article 132-1

…ly put an end to any conflict of interest, within the meaning ofparagraph 1 of article 2 of Law no. 2013-907 of 11 October 2013 on the transparency of public life, which may arise in the performance o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: European investment service providers

Article L532-20-1-B

…yotte or Saint-Martin is not complying with the disclosure requirements laid down in Article L. 532-20, the provisions of the second paragraph of Article L. 532-18-1 and Article L. 532-18-2 or the reg…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Special provisions for the automatic cinema exhibition account

Article 123-13

…the definitive closure of a cinema recording an average weekly admission of less than or equal to 2,200 during the five years preceding the year of closure, and subject to the payment of any sums owed…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Notifications and information

Article L233-13

Based on the information received pursuant to articles L. 233-7 and L. 233-12, the report presented to the shareholders on the operations of the financial year shall mention the identity of the natura…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Referral to and decision by the court.

Article R621-13

…812-2, it is attached by the court clerk to the copy of the judgment referred to in article R. 621-7, a document reproducing the terms of article L. 811-2 or article L. 812-2, article L. 811-11-1, ar…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Technical support

Article R4451-131

…e Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire is responsible for : 1° Defining the procedures for communicating the results of measurements of radon activity concentration in the air as provided for in II…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special rules

Article 1348-1

…of related debts on the sole ground that one of the obligations would not be liquid or due.In this case, the set-off is deemed to have occurred on the day on which the first of them became due.In the…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 211-132

…ographic works that :a) Have been approved for investment;b) Have a production budget of less than €7,000,000 for feature films or documentaries, or less than €10,000,000 for animated films;2° The bud…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Temporary exemptions

Article 1395 B

…it was planted, by decision of the departmental and regional councils, in respect of the share allocated respectively to each of the communities concerned. To benefit from this exemption, before 1 Ja…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Reporting cases of intoxication to toxicovigilance organisations

Article R1340-13

The declarations and transmissions of information provided for in articles R. 1340-10 to R. 1340-12 and the use of this data are carried out in compliance with the provisions of articles R. 1340-6 and…

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