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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Employee savings funds

Article L214-163

I. - Unless otherwise stipulated, articles L. 214-24-24 to L. 214-26-2 apply to AIFs covered by this sub-section.II. - Company mutual funds and employee shareholding open-ended investment companies ma…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions specific to specialised financing bodies

Article R214-240-1

The specialised financing body may grant the loans mentioned in the second paragraph of V of Article L. 214-190-1 under the conditions defined by Articles R. 214-203-1 to R. 214-203-9. For the purpose…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Approval procedure

Article R1114-16

Approval may be withdrawn, with the assent of the National Approval Commission, if the association ceases to satisfy the conditions required for approval or if it fails to comply with the obligation s…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Departmental fund

Article 1648 A

…ss tax equalisation funds existing in 2011 receive a State allocation totalling €423,291,955.From 2017, a reduction is applied to this allocation. For 2017, the amount of this allocation is reduced by…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
I: Retail purchase of ferrous and non-ferrous metals

Article 1649 bis

…ally engages in the retail purchase of ferrous and non-ferrous metals is required to submit, before 31 January each year, to the departmental directorate of public finance of the place of his residenc…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to new building projects

Article R2431-17

The purpose of site scheduling, coordination and management is respectively to:1° To analyse the basic tasks relating to design and works, to determine the sequence of these tasks and their critical p…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Breaches of legislation on financial dealings with foreign countries

Article R734-17

Article R. 165-2 is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands as amended by Decree no. 2019-1590 of 31 December 2019.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Declaration of hazardous mixtures

Article R1342-16

…downstream user is unable to provide all or part of the information referred to in Article R. 1342-15 within the time allowed, he shall inform the designated body referred to in Article R. 1342-13 of…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4 : Digital equipment for cinemas cinematographic establishments

Article L213-21

…stributors have made available to them. However, the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée may, on behalf of the exhibitors, transmit the data to the distributors concerned.Exhibitors also se…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Direct production allowances for production conditions

Article 211-74

…e Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée after consulting the approval committee, is set at 64 points out of the 100-point scale. A derogation may only be granted if justified by artistic impe…

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