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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions relating to beneficiaries

Article 722-4

…l persons who are nationals of States other than European States, when they are incorporated in the form of a commercial company.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Obligation of the holder to subcontract

Article R2393-8

…minimum proportion of the contract value that the contractor will be required to subcontract in the form of a range comprising a minimum percentage and a maximum percentage which may not exceed 30% of…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Obligation of the holder to subcontract

Article R2393-7

…contract pursuant to 2° of article L. 2393-3, he shall indicate this in the contract notice in the form of percentages set under the conditions laid down in article R. 2393-8. Where applicable, it al…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title II: Management of copyright and related rights by an organisation

Article R329-2

…y dossier by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, which must be submitted in the same form within one month of receipt of this letter.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Administrative penalty procedure and administrative settlement

Article R522-4

Publication may relate to all or part of the decision, or take the form of a press release informing the public of the reasons for and enactment of this decision.The decision is disseminated in the Of…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title I: AUTHORISED CONSUMER DEFENCE ASSOCIATIONS

Article R811-7

…vity defined in article R. 811-1 or where it is established that it is no longer independent of any form of professional activity, with the exception of associations emanating from cooperative societi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Specific interests of certain categories of residents

Article L2544-7

…a section of a commune is required to act as plaintiff or defendant against the commune of which it forms part or against another section of the same commune either before the judicial courts or befor…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-title III: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article 960

…names, profession, domicile, nationality, date and place of birth; b) If it is a legal person, its form, name, registered office and the body which legally represents it.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title VII: Provisions specific to the Cour de cassation.

Article 982

…t the Conseil d'Etat and at the Cour de cassation and to notify it to the appellant's lawyer in the form of notifications between lawyers.The period provided for in the preceding paragraph is prescrib…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-section I: Vacant estates.

Article 1348

…state, in accordance with the rules provided for in articles 1271 to 1281 and, for movables, in the forms provided for in R. 221-39 of the code des procédures civiles d'exécution.

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