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

Article 916-38

In order to contribute, in the context of the health crisis, to the revival of ambitious film, audiovisual and multimedia production and to the development and consolidation of a fabric of companies e…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Exceptional aid to help people return to work in 2021

Article 919-38

The granting of exceptional aid is subject to the provisions of national framework scheme no. SA.59722 authorised by the European Commission by decisions of 9 December 2020, 20 May 2020 C (2020) 3460…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Cross-border mergers

Article L236-38

…e than 90% of the votes of the shareholders present or represented to decide on a cross-border merger. By way of derogation from Article L. 227-9, the Articles of Association of simplified joint-stock…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Takeover bids

Article L233-38

The articles of association of a company whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market may provide that the effects of restrictions in the articles of association on the exercise of votin…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article L321-38

A decree in the Council of State shall lay down the conditions for the application of this chapter.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Penalties.

Article L522-38

…s.Any breach of this prohibition is punishable by a fine of 6,000 euros and imprisonment for one year.The court may order that the sentencing judgment be published in full or in extracts in the newspa…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 8: Recourse in the event of non-acceptance and non-payment.

Article L511-38

…safeguard, reorganisation or judicial winding-up proceedings of the drawer of a non-acceptable letter.II. - However, guarantors against whom recourse is exercised in the cases provided for by b and c…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Consignment subject to authorisation by the liberty and custody judge

Article L512-38

…rules set out in the code of criminal procedure. The parties are not required to constitute a lawyer.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Collection, control, penalties and litigation relating to tourist tax

Article L2333-38

In the event of failure to declare, absence of or delay in payment of the tax collected, the mayor sends formal notice by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt to the landlords, hoteliers,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Dotation d'équipement des territoires ruraux (rural amenities grant)

Article L2334-38

Investments for which communes and their own tax groupings are likely to receive State subsidies, the list of which is set by regulation, may not be subsidised under the dotation d'équipement des terr…

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