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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Single registration

Article L773-36

…35 of 22 December 2021 L. 546-2 and L. 546-3 Act no. 2010-1249 of 22 October 2010 L. 546-4Order no. 2016-351 of 25 March 2016 II - For the purposes of the articles mentioned in the table above, in Art…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Single registration

Article L774-36

…35 of 22 December 2021 L. 546-2 and L. 546-3 Act no. 2010-1249 of 22 October 2010 L. 546-4Order no. 2016-351 of 25 March 2016 II - For the purposes of the articles mentioned in the table above, in Art…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Single registration

Article L775-30

…35 of 22 December 2021 L. 546-2 and L. 546-3 Act no. 2010-1249 of 22 October 2010 L. 546-4Order no. 2016-351 of 25 March 2016 II - For the purposes of the articles mentioned in the table above, in Art…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions applicable to requests for information received by the French services

Article 695-9-47-1

…les shall respond via the Europol national unit mentioned in paragraph 2 of Article 7 of Regulation 2016/794 of 11 May 2016 on the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) to du…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VII: Residence ban

Article 763

In the event that a criminal sentence is time-barred, the convicted person is automatically and permanently banned from residing in the département where the victim of the crime or his direct heirs re…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Injunctions and regularisation

Article R734-7

…ing resulting from the decreeR. 131-11 to R. 131-152005-1007 of 2 August 2005R. 131-16 and R. 131-17n° 2011-243 of 4 March 2011R. 131-18n° 2005-1007 of 2 August 2005R. 131-20 and R. 131-21n° 2011-243…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tobacco control

Article R3822-1

…of the table below and subject to the adaptations provided for in this chapter: R. 3511-1Decree no. 2016-1117 of 11 August 2016 R. 3511-2Decree no. 2016-1117 of 11 August 2016 D. 3511-3Decree no. 2016…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions relating to exceptional support for companies producing and distributing cinematographic works during the period of resumption of theatrical exhibition of cinematographic works

Article 914-1

In order to encourage the resumption of theatrical exhibition of cinematographic works, the methods for calculating the sums representing the automatic financial aid to which production companies and…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Exceptional aid to help offset the loss of revenue resulting from the introduction of the health pass

Article 919-52

Exceptional aid is granted in the form of direct allocations to distribution companies in order to compensate for part of the loss of revenue suffered as a result of the impact on attendance at cinema…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article D1881-1

…1621-11Resulting from decree no. 2021-1708 of 17 December 2021D. 1621-12Resulting from decree no. 2016-871 of 29 June 2016D. 1621-13 and D. 1621-15Resulting from decree no. 2021-1708 of 17 December…

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