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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Calculation methods for fiction, animation and audiovisual adaptations of live performances

Article 311-45

…lowing three conditions are met:-the number of working days recorded on the positions listed in the last paragraph of 3° of Article…

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

Article 916-43

…mmercial or visual documents that may be useful in understanding the project;g) Tax returns for the last three financial years for which the accounts have been closed;h) The tax and social security ce…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title I: GENERAL CONTRACT CONDITIONS

Article D215-2

…erned, such as a customer or contract number; > 4° The cancellation date requested by the professional. 4° The desired termination date, subject to the legal or contractual provisions in force; For el…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Property wealth tax

Article 979

…ied on the basis of the second paragraph of this I, the dispute is subject to the provisions of the last two paragraphs of article L. 64 du livre des procédures fiscales. II.- Capital gains and all in…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1586 quinquies

…d the value added produced during the year in respect of which the assessment is made or during the last twelve-month financial year ended during that same year when that financial year does not coinc…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Grants and other revenue allocated by the Local Finance Committee

Article L2334-41

…total amount of the urban policy allocation the ratio, increased by 33%, existing, according to the last census, between the total population of the communes in the overseas departments and the total…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Endowments, grants and miscellaneous funds

Article L2335-1

…determined each year according to the total population of these communes and their financial potential.This special allocation changes each year according to the rate of change in the overall operatin…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Organisation

Article L2511-25

…rd paragraphs of article L. 2122-10, of articles L. 2122-12, L. 2122-15, L. 2122-16, the second and last paragraphs of article L. 2122-18 of article L. 3122-3 and of article L. 4133-3. Where article L…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article 763-6

…ply to the court that handed down the sentence or, in the event of more than one conviction, to the last court to have given a ruling, to be relieved of this measure. If the conviction was handed down…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Single chapter: The Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L621-31

In accordance with the last paragraph of Article 20 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse (Market Abuse Regulation) and repealin…

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