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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Tax on television service publishers and distributors

Article L115-12

…articles L. 115…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article L3661-12

When the investment section of the budget shows a surplus after taking over the results, the local authority may transfer this surplus to the operating section in the cases and conditions defined by d…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-141

Within the meaning of article L. 5141-2, the veterinarian may only prescribe an auto-vaccine for veterinary use under the conditions of 4° of article L. 5143-4, prepared from a pathogen which he himse…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Approval of financial holding companies, mixed financial holding companies and parent companies of finance companies

Article R517-11

…panies, parent undertakings of finance companies and mixed financial holding companies shall communicate the following information to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution when it is th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Obligations incumbent on the person entered in the file

Article R53-8-17

The obligation to report provided for in the fifth paragraph of Article 706-53-5 shall be carried out, every month, every six months or every year as the case may be, within the periods determined in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Permanent access to the national health data system for certain public services

Article R1461-12

…horised to process personal data from the national health data system pursuant to III of article L. 1461-3 are as follows:1° The Directorate for Research, Studies, Evaluation and Statistics, the Direc…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Closure of judicial liquidation proceedings

Article L643-11

…ulent manoeuvres committed to the detriment of the social protection bodies mentioned in Article L. 114-12 of the Social Security Code. The fraudulent origin of the claim is established either by a co…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section

Article R3354-14

…the blood test ordered by one of the aforementioned authorities, may request that a control test be carried out. This analysis is entrusted to the second expert biologist mentioned in 2° of articles R…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions relating to the compensation fund for the interruption or abandonment of film or audiovisual shoots due to the covid-19 epidemic

Article 913-12

…aid from the compensation fund is subject to the provisions of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in applic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-122

Veterinarians alone are authorised to administer, in the case provided for in a of 3° of article L. 5143-4, to animals whose flesh or products are not intended for human consumption, medicinal product…

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