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French General Tax CodeIn force
6°: Implementation measures

Article 311

Decrees in the Council of State will lay down the procedures for applying the provisions relating to stills (1).

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2°: Distillation sites

Article 319

At the request of town councils or agricultural and distillers' unions, at least one public distillation workshop shall be opened per commune or hamlet, on public sites or premises designated by the r…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Inter-municipal agreements, conventions and conferences

Article L5842-31

…the right-hand column of the same table. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS AS PROVIDED FOR IN L. 5221-1 law no. 2004-809 of 13 August 2004 L. 5221-2 law no. 2019-1461 of 27 December 2019

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 15: Minced meat and meat products

Article R412-31

…ted meat (MSM)", point 1 of Section VI "Meat-based products" of Annex III of Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific hygiene rul…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 4: Rules applicable in the event of termination of the contract

Article R2191-31

In the event of termination of the contract giving rise to entitlement to compensation, if the parties fail to reach agreement on the amount of compensation within six months of the date of terminatio…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Recording of sums calculated on the automatic audiovisual production account

Article 311-53

…311-31, the sums calculated and entered in the automatic audiovisual produc…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Determining taxable income

Article 31 bis

…scription to the initial capital or capital increases of this company made between 3 April 2003 and 31 December 2009. The amortisation period starts on the first day of the month following that of the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Master and feeder undertakings for collective investment in transferable securities

Article R214-31

…may not exceed the limit set in article R. 214-24 unless it has been authorised by the Autorité des marchés financiers to be constituted as a feeder UCITS.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Additional compensation measures

Article 916-31

To obtain the aid, cinema operators must complete and submit electronically, by 31 October 2021 at the latest, a form drawn up by the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Energy

Article L2224-31

I.-Without prejudice to the provisions of article 23 of law no. 46-628 of 8 April 1946 on the nationalisation of electricity and gas, local and regional authorities or their public cooperation establi…

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