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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and terms of allocation

Article 919-112

…ined taking into account :1° The financial difficulties encountered by the foreign sales company in 2020 and 2021;2° The quality of the promotion and marketing of cinematographic works released in cin…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 novodecies

I.-When a company sells a building to a leasing company and immediately regains use of the building under a leasing contract, the amount of the capital gain on the sale of the building may be spread e…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter XX: Levies on betting and gaming

Article 302 bis ZH

It is instituted, for sports betting organised and operated under the conditions set by I of article 137 de la loi n° 2019-486 du 22 mai 2019 relative à la croissance et la transformation des entrepri…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Cemeteries and funeral operations

Article L2573-25

I.-The provisions of Chapter III of Title II of Book II of Part Two mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand col…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5141-9

The registration of homeopathic veterinary medicinal products with the Director General of the National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety is valid for an unlimited period.…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Provisions relating to the allocation of investment allowances

Article 911-2

Until the date of cessation of the state of health emergency declared by article 1 of decree no. 2020-1257 of 14 October 2020 declaring a state of health emergency and extended until 16 February 2021…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Prudential control and resolution authority

Article L785-2

I.-The articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the provisions of II and III, in the wording indicated in the right-ha…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAINT-MARTIN

Article R833-2

…this chapter, the following provisions shall apply to Saint-Martin in their wording resulting from Decree no. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated in the table below.Articles applic…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter VI: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN NEW CALEDONIA

Article R836-2

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this chapter, the following provisions are applicable in New Caledonia in their wording resulting from Decree no. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, unless other…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article R834-2

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this chapter, the following provisions are applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in their wording resulting from Decree no. 2020-1734 of 16 December 20…

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