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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 238 quindecies

…the purposes of determining this percentage, holdings in venture capital companies, venture capital mutual funds, specialised professional funds covered by article L. 214-37 of the Monetary and Financ…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 919-4

To be eligible for exceptional assistance, authors must be French nationals or equivalent.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Individual over-indebtedness commissions

Article R712-16

The parties may be assisted before the commission by any person of their choice.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I: Enforcement of criminal sentences

Article R57-3

The sentence enforcement judge is assisted by the prison integration and probation service.

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Holiday grants

Article L411-18

…agricultural social welfare funds, communal social action centres, pension funds, works councils, mutual insurance companies or the social services of the State, local authorities or their public es…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L322-1

…nd the creditor mentioned in 3° of article 2402 of the Civil Code, the property may also be sold by mutual agreement after the compulsory sale has been referred and until the opening of the auction.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L511-9

Credit institutions are authorised as banks, mutual or cooperative banks, specialised credit institutions, credit and investment institutions or municipal credit funds.Banks may carry out all banking…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Regulations

Article L611-6

…n of the Comité consultatif de la législation et de la réglementation financières:1. With regard to mutual or cooperative banks, the definition of the conditions of access to membership and the result…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 5: Conditions for the participation of economic operators from countries outside the European Union or the European Economic Area

Article R2342-8

…the purchaser decides to open the award procedure to economic operators from countries outside the European Union or the European Economic Area, it shall indicate in the call for tenders the accessib…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Participation conditions specific to defence or security concession contracts

Article R3123-7

…ding authority decides to open the award procedure to economic operators from countries outside the European Union or the European Economic Area, it shall indicate in the concession notice the accessi…

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