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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing

Article D561-53

I. - In addition to its Chairman, the Steering Committee comprises the following thirty members:1° From government departments :- the Director General of Customs and Excise or his representative ;- th…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 411-51

The aid is allocated for the entire programme in the form of a financial envelope, the amount of which is used by the beneficiary for the production or development of the works making up the programme…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Designation procedures and arrangements

Article D1413-50

In order to respond to an unmet public health need or priority or to an exceptional health situation: 1° New national centres of reference may be added to the list mentioned in Article D. 1413-49 duri…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Compensation for damage resulting from the implementation of health measures mentioned in articles L. 3131-1, L. 3134-1 and L. 3135-1

Article R3131-3-5

Payment is made within one month of the Office receiving the claimant's acceptance of its offer, whether the offer is partial, provisional or final.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Recording of sums calculated on the automatic audiovisual production account

Article 311-55

When sums have been entered in the automatic audiovisual production account for reference works belonging to the fiction genre, this company must incur, during the year of notification, expenditure co…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Guarantee trusts

Article 2488-5

Property assigned pursuant to Article 2488-1 may subsequently be assigned to guarantee debts other than those mentioned in the constitutive act provided that the latter expressly so provides. The sett…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Setting up and closing down the social and economic committee

Article R2313-5

The Regional Director of Companies, Competition, Consumption, Labour and Employment will take a decision within two months of receipt of the challenge. This decision is notified by registered letter w…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions of practice of the profession of industrial property attorney

Article R422-55

The request for exemption referred to in 3° of Article L. 422-12 shall be sent to the Minister responsible for industrial property or, by delegation, to the Director of the National Institute of Indus…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE III: Provisions common to the various commercial companies.

Article R234-5

In companies other than sociétés anonymes, the request for explanations provided for in Article L. 234-2 concerns any fact that the statutory auditor identifies when examining the documents provided t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: The savings bank network.

Article R512-52

The number of seats to be filled, which may not exceed three, is determined for each Caisse d'Epargne et de Prévoyance on the basis of the total amount of shares in the affiliated local savings compan…

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