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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Other provisions

Article L214-14

…heir duties, which is likely to: 1° constitutes a breach of the legal or regulatory provisions applicable to this undertaking and is likely to have a material effect on its financial position, results…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 3: Professional contributions

Article L115-14

The following contributions are allocated to the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée: 1° A contribution payable by film production companies. This contribution is set at 0.58% of receipts,…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 3: Multiple seizures

Article R522-14

…ctive attachment on the same assets prior to the act of attachment or the act of conversion, as the case may be. Under penalty of nullity, this letter shall indicate the name and address of the minist…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Financial regime

Article L2193-14

…veral guarantee or a delegation of payment under the conditions defined inarticle 14 of law no. 75-1334 of 31 December 1975 relating to subcontracting.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Patentable inventions

Article L611-14

…the art. If the state of the art includes documents mentioned in the third paragraph of Article L. 611-11, they are not taken into consideration when assessing inventive step.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Prudential provisions

Article L522-14

…tasks to third parties. They must maintain an adequate level of own funds. The conditions for application of this article and, in particular, the methods of calculation relating to the capital requir…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Legal proceedings.

Article L2262-14

…or arrangement must, on pain of inadmissibility, be brought within two months of : 1° of the notification of the company agreement provided for in article L. 2231-5, for organisations with a trade un…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Investment income

Article R343-14

In the case of undertakings authorised to carry out the transactions referred to in 1° of Article L. 310-1 and supplementary occupational pension funds, in the event of the sale of securities valued i…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Internal model

Article R352-14

…de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution only where it meets the requirements set out in Article R. 352-13 and the following conditions: a) Its limited scope is duly justified by the undertaking conce…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisional prices

Article R2312-14

The provisions of articles R. 2112-16 and R. 2112-18 apply.

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