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

Article 231-6

Direct grants are awarded for the award of the labels provided for in article…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title I: Provisions relating to Book I

Article 2493

For a child born in Mayotte, the first paragraph of article 21-7 and article 21-11 are applicable only if, at the date of birth, at least one of the child's parents was residing in France legally, und…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder and beneficiary information and pricing

Article Annexe à l'article A132-9-5

SITUATION at 31 December N Total amount expressed in millions of euros (€M) SITUATION at 31 December N expressed in number of contracts concerned GLOBAL AMOUNT paid to beneficiaries or transferred to…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Declarations of nationality

Article 26

Declarations of nationality made either because of marriage to a French spouse, pursuant to article 21-2, or because of the status of ascendant of a French national, pursuant to article 21-13-1, or be…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Single chapter

Article R641-9

…ds: "la loi n° 90-449 du 31 mai 1990 visant à la mise en œuvre du…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Single chapter

Article R631-7

…ds: "la loi n° 90-449 du 31 mai 1990 visant à la mise en œuvre du…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter I: Common provisions

Article R621-5

…ds: "la loi n° 90-449 du 31 mai 1990 visant à la mise en œuvre du…

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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 L154-1

…ions are applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in their wording resulting from the ordonnance n° 2020-1733 du 16 décembre 2020, unless otherwise stated in the table below.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Professional non-trading companies

Article R422-28

The provisions of articles 49, 50 and 52 du décret n° 78-704 du 3 juillet 1978 sont applicables aux cessions et transmissions de parts sociales et à leur publicité.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 706-1-1

…87 [Redaction conforme au dernier alinéa de l'article 1er de la décision du Conseil constitutionnel n° 2013-679 DC du 4 décembre 2013], 706-95 à 706-103,706-105 and 706-106 are applicable to the inves…

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