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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Advisory committee on the management of the Paris fire brigade reporting to the Prefect of Police

Article D2512-19

…visory board meets at least twice a year at the initiative of the police prefect.The advisory board may hear civil servants and agents of the police prefecture and officers of the Paris fire brigade i…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 231-32

The aid is granted to operators of art house cinemas in operation at the time of notification of the decision to grant the aid.In the event of a change of operator during the reference period or betwe…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Specific measures applicable to the provision of services

Article L521-23

…the administrative authority shall take the necessary emergency measures by order. If necessary, it may suspend the provision of services for a period not exceeding three months, renewable under the s…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article R3142-23

The employer may refuse to grant the leave if he establishes that this refusal is justified by the particular needs of his company or its operations. This refusal may only be made after consultation w…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Duties of dental surgeons towards patients.

Article R4127-232

…2° ensuring continuity of care and providing all useful information to this end. The dental surgeon may only exercise this right in compliance with the rule set out in article R. 4127-211.

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Continuation of the business during the observation period.

Article R631-25

The decision by which the court terminates the proceedings pursuant to Article L. 631-16 is followed without delay by an end-of-assignment report filed by the judicial representatives under the condit…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: Formation of the credit agreement

Article R313-23

…of the criteria used to assess the equivalence of the level of cover referred to in article L. 313-29, by type of cover required, after analysing the personal situation of the loan applicant; 2° After…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
19° quinquies : Tax reduction granted for the capital financing of cinematographic or audiovisual works

Article 199 unvicies

…eaning of Article 4 B benefit from a tax reduction in respect of cash subscriptions, made between 1 January 2006 and 31 December 2023, to the initial capital or capital increases of companies defined…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 3: Regulatory capital requirement for groups.

Article R356-19

I.-The group solvency of the undertaking referred to in the first paragraph of Article R. 356-8 is calculated on the basis of consolidated data. The group solvency is equal to the difference between t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article L223-19

…irmen or shareholders. The General Meeting decides on this report. The manager or partner concerned may not take part in the vote and his shares are not taken into account for the calculation of the q…

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