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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Operation

Article 133-10

When circumstances so require, the Commission may propose to the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée that the examination of a file be adjourned to another meeting.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1. Transferable securities, company rights and similar securities

Article 150-0 B quinquies

I. - In the event of a withdrawal of cash from an account defined in article L. 221-32-4 of the Monetary and Financial Code, the net gain referred to in 2 ter of II of article 150-0 A of this code is…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 5: Termination of the duties of an employed commercial court clerk in the event of termination of the employment contract

Article R743-139-19

After hearing the parties and the president of the Conseil national des greffiers des tribunaux de commerce in adversarial proceedings and provoking any explanations or communication of useful documen…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1. Transferable securities, company rights and similar securities

Article 150-0 B

Subject to the provisions of article 150-0 B ter, the provisions of article 150-0 A do not apply, in respect of the year in which the securities are exchanged, to capital gains and losses realised in…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article 1342-10

A debtor of several debts may indicate, when paying, which debt he intends to discharge.Failing indication by the debtor, the imputation takes place as follows: first on the debts due; among these, on…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Multi-professional practice partnerships

Article R422-51-15

The company provided for in Article L. 422-7-1 is entered on the list of industrial property attorneys provided for in Articles L. 422-1 and L. 422-7, in a section specific to multi-professional pract…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Budgets and accounts

Article D72-101-17

The audited accounts referred to in Article L. 72-101-15 shall be certified by an auditor for bodies subject to the obligation to certify accounts and by the chairman of the body in question for bodie…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Remuneration of the administrator.

Article R663-15-1

The plan execution commissioner shall be allocated, in respect of the due diligence he has carried out in the context of new cash contributions provided for in the third paragraph of Article L. 626-26…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy

Article R6523-2-15

In Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy, in application of article L. 6523-1-3, a cross-industry skills operator approved under article L. 6332-1-1 is authorised by joint order of the ministers responsib…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1c: Capital gains realised in the course of an agricultural, craft, commercial, industrial or liberal activity

Article 151 septies A

I. - Capital gains subject to the articles 39 duodecies to 39 quindecies, other than those mentioned in III, realised in the course of a commercial, industrial, craft, liberal or agricultural activity…

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