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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 8: Provisions common to general savings products with special tax treatment

Article L221-35

…esults from the holder's failure to comply with the condition set out in the second sentence of the last paragraph of Article L. 221-32-1 , provided that the plan referred to in the first paragraph of…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Purpose and award conditions

Article 441-3

…ce during the ten years preceding the application;d) Writing or directing a single audiovisual work lasting more than fifty-two minutes broadcast on a television service or made available to the publi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transferable securities issued by joint stock companies.

Article R228-91

…chment of the subscription right. This value is equal to the weighted average of the prices for the last three trading sessions at least preceding the day on which the issue begins; 2° In the event of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 82-1

…st, he must issue a reasoned order within one month of receiving the request. The provisions of the last paragraph of article 81 are applicable.At the end of a period of four months since his last app…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Disciplinary proceedings before the Enforcement Committee

Article R232-95

…orally at the hearing.The member of the Board or the agent of the Agency appointed pursuant to the last paragraph of Article R. 232-11 may attend the hearing and present observations. Where appropria…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors and General Management.

Article R225-30

…asons justifying their interest for the company, retained by the Board of Directors pursuant to the last paragraph of Article L. 225-38.When the execution of agreements and commitments entered into an…

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

Article L6471-3

…n the form of benefits in kind and subsidies; 3° A consolidated presentation of the results for the last known financial year of the local authority's main budget and ancillary budgets; 4° A certified…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article R1221-21-4

…1221-3 of the General Local Authorities Code;". III -For the application of article R. 6352-5, the last paragraph is deleted. IV -For the application of article R. 6352-5, the last paragraph is delet…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Obligations arising from the results of location surveys

Article R1334-27

…um of three years from the date on which the owner receives the survey report or the results of the last assessment of the state of preservation, or when any substantial change is made to the structur…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Operators of voluntary sales of furniture by public auction

Article A321-8

…coefficient of 1. Each examination, with the exception of that referred to in 4°, marked out of 20, lasts twenty minutes and is preceded by twenty minutes of preparation. The examination referred to i…

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