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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Measures to boost cinema distribution

Article 916-14

…23-9 for the distribution of previously unreleased works other than those mentioned in articles 222-7 and 222-8 and repertory works, released in cinemas between 2 September 2020 and 3 March 2021, may…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Paragraph 2: Summons to registered creditors

Article R322-7

…rientation hearing; 2° A summons to acquaint oneself with the schedule of conditions of sale, which may be consulted at the registry of the enforcement judge, where it is deposited no later than the f…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Employee information.

Article L3341-7

…etary and Financial Code, as well as under a supplementary pension scheme mentioned in 2° ofarticle 83 of the French General Tax Code, a defined-benefit pension scheme meeting the characteristics of t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Health rules applicable to swimming pools

Article D1332-7

…tinguishing between the maximum instantaneous capacity of swimmers within the pool enclosure, which may not exceed the theoretical maximum attendance at the pool, and the maximum instantaneous capacit…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article R824-7

I.-When, pursuant to 6° of Article L. 824-5, the general rapporteur or an investigator calls upon one or more experts, his decision shall define the subject of the expert appraisal, set the timeframe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board

Article L22-10-30

…d market shall publish on their website information on the agreements referred to in article L. 225-86 at the latest when they are concluded. Any interested party may ask the president of the court ru…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section VIII: Imports

Article 292

…geable event occurs.When a good placed under one of the regimes mentioned in b of 2 of I of article 291 is released for consumption, the taxable amount also includes the services mentioned in 6° of I…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Proof of nationality before the courts

Article 30-4

Apart from cases of loss or forfeiture of French nationality, proof of an individual's foreign nationality can only be established by showing that the person concerned does not meet any of the conditi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Drawing up and auditing the accounts of the social and economic committee

Article L2315-74

…unal de Commerce. Within six months of the warning procedure being triggered, the statutory auditor may resume the procedure at the point at which he considered it could be terminated if, despite the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Technical and accounting rules.

Article R441-7-1

I. - When, pursuant to the last paragraph of Article R. 441-21, the commitments of the insurance undertaking under an agreement are no longer represented in at least an equivalent manner by the assets…

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