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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Commercial events.

Article R762-9

If the full declaration is not filed within the time limits set out in article R. 762-5, commercial events held in the park are subject, depending on the case, to the declaration system provided for i…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Controlled declaration system

Article 99

…of the code of taxes on goods and services, during the calendar year or the previous calendar year, may proceed, during the year, with the recording of their professional income and expenditure in the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L5134-111

Aid for future employment may be granted to the following employers: 1° Private not-for-profit organisations; 2° Local authorities and groups of local authorities; 3° Other legal entities governed by…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Vehicles used for the transport of corpses before coffining (R).

Article D2223-111

…a refrigerant in the burial compartment is prohibited. Vehicles put into service before 1 November 1994 may nevertheless retain such devices until 1 September 2000, provided that the vehicle has unde…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Import and export

Article R5121-116

…e with Article 51 of the aforementioned Directive; 3° Subject to the provisions of Articles R. 5121-117 to R. 5121-119, the contents of the packaging in terms of weight, volume or number of dosage uni…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Points scale for documentary works

Article 211-11

…divided between the following two sub-groups: 1° "Production company" sub-group : a) A maximum of 9 points are allocated to the "Production company" sub-group; b) Points are awarded if the cinematog…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Investment of sums held in the automatic cinema distribution account

Article 222-11

…any, enabling verification that the work has been produced under the conditions set out in article 211-7 and article 211-13. The President of the Centre National du Cinéma et de l'Image Animée may ref…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Id : Multi-territorial exploitation licences for online rights in musical works

Article R321-11

…d the declaration of use of these works. This time limit and the accuracy of the amount of payments may only be waived due to causes attributable to the online service providers. II. - For each paymen…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Personal protective equipment

Article R4311-11

…following are not considered to be personal protective equipment within the meaning of Article R. 4311-8: 1° Personal protective equipment designed and manufactured specifically for the armed forces o…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Capacity to dispose of or receive by gift inter vivos or by will.

Article 910

…ations or that it is not capable of using the donation in accordance with its statutory purpose, it may object to the donation, under conditions specified by decree, thereby depriving it of effect.The…

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