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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Classification committees

Article R211-26

The members of the classification committees are appointed, after consultation with the chairman of the classification committee, by order of the Minister for Culture for a period of three years, rene…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article D112-26

The Bulletin officiel du cinéma et de l'image animée is published in electronic form, under conditions that guarantee its authenticity and integrity, as well as the date of each publication.It can be…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R322-26

When the execution judge orders the forced sale, he sets the date of the hearing at which it will take place within a period of between two and four months from the date of his decision. The judge det…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 9: Sociétés anonymes à participation ouvrière.

Article L225-263

The participants in the société coopérative de main-d'oeuvre are represented at the general meetings of the société anonyme by proxies elected by these participants, meeting at a general meeting of th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 9: Sociétés anonymes à participation ouvrière.

Article L225-262

The labour shares are in registered form, registered in the name of the workers' cooperative society, inalienable for the duration of the workers' cooperative society.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IIa: Letting of premises intended for furnished accommodation

Article 260 D

For the purposes of applying value added tax, the letting of furnished or unfurnished premises whose final destination is furnished accommodation is always considered to be a supply of furnished accom…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Exempt transactions

Article 261 A

…movable or immovable property and provided to their members by legal entities designated in article 239 octies in return for, independently of contributions, the strict reimbursement of their share of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Operation.

Article L2353-26

…them are bound by professional secrecy and the obligation of discretion provided for in Article L. 2325-5.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 4: Cooperation and exchange of information

Article R311-26

The publication of the decision of the resolution board referred to in Article L. 311-53 is accompanied by a copy of this decision. The latter shall specify the date of entry into force of the resolut…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Conversion of the agreement.

Article R441-26

When the number of members of an agreement, including non-contributors and retirees, is or becomes less than 1,000 after the expiry of the period provided for in Article R. 441-15, the agreement is co…

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