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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Commission départementale d'aménagement cinématographique (Departmental Cinematographic Development Commission)

Article R212-6-3

A prefectoral order appoints the leading figures in sustainable development and regional planning, dividing them into two colleges. These qualified persons serve a three-year term and may not serve mo…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Application for authorisation

Article R212-7-3

The application for authorisation must be accompanied by information and documents, the list of which is set by order of the Minister for Culture.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Publication of information, transparency and comparison of tenders

Article L224-42-3

…ke an informed choice. This information shall be regularly updated. A decree shall specify the procedures for applying this article, in particular the list of information concerned and the procedures…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Regional development plan

Article L4433-7-3

…commitment made by France in Article L. 100-4 of the Energy Code 2° Guidelines for preventing or reducing air pollution or mitigating its effects, in order to achieve the air quality standards and th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Regional development plan

Article L4433-10-3

At the end of the public enquiry, the regional development plan, possibly amended to take account of the opinions expressed and the results of the enquiry, is adopted by the deliberative assembly of t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Requirements for experience or work placements in addition to the master's degree referred to in article L. 812-3

Article R812-18-3

The trainee writes an internship report in which he or she describes the procedures in which he or she has participated and the actions he or she has taken, as well as an internship dissertation on an…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Reorganisation and winding-up measures for credit institutions and investment firms

Article L613-31-10

The obligations to publicise abroad the measures referred to in Article L. 613-31-3, to inform creditors and to notify other interested public authorities of these measures are met pursuant to Article…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter V: Consolidated and combined financial statements

Article R345-1-3

…y Book II of the Code de la mutualité, a union mutualiste de groupe mentioned in Article L. 111-4-2 du même code, une institution de prévoyance ou union régie par le titre 3 du livre 9 du code de la s…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions common to mutual insurance companies with a board of directors and general management and with a supervisory board and management board

Article R322-55-3

…d. In the absence of an express provision in the Articles of Association providing for another procedure, when the statutory or legal age limit set for directors or Supervisory Board members is exceed…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Deliberative body of public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax system

Article L5211-6-3

In the event of the annulment of the election of a municipal council of a municipality with fewer than 1,000 inhabitants or the annulment of the election of community councillors provided for in artic…

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