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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: International cooperation and information exchange

Article R784-20

The provisions of article R. 632-1 are applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the version resulting from decree no. 2021-941 of 15 July 2021.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Incompatibilities

Article R783-20

Article R. 616-1 is applicable in French Polynesia, in the version resulting from Decree No. 2014-1315 of 3 November 2014, subject to the addition of the words: " the Institut d'émission d'outre-mer"…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Incompatibilities

Article R782-20

Article R. 616-1 is applicable in New Caledonia, in the wording resulting from Decree No. 2014-1315 of 3 November 2014, subject to the addition of the words: ", the Institut d'émission d'outre-mer" af…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article R22-10-20

The additional insertion of the notice of meeting referred to in Article R. 225-67 in the Bulletin des annonces légales obligatoires is applicable to companies whose shares are admitted to trading on…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 5: Termination of the duties of an employed commercial court clerk in the event of termination of the employment contract

Article R743-139-20

When the office-holder maintains his intention to dismiss the salaried registrar, he shall notify him of his dismissal either by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, or by letter deliver…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Partial final settlement

Article R2391-20-1

Payment calculated on the basis of the final reference values used to apply the price variation clause shall be made no later than three months after the date on which these values are published. Wher…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Election of employee representatives

Article D112-20

The president of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée organises the counting of votes. The polling stations are chaired by the Chairman of the Centre National du Cinéma et de l'Image Ani…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2 : Obligations relating to the issue of a cinema licence

Article R211-20

When a work or document for which the cinematographic licence includes a specific ban on showing is shown in cinematographic theatres, the words "film forbidden to minors under twelve", "film forbidde…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions for approval

Article R212-20

A programming group or agreement may be approved only if the following conditions are met:1° All the members are licensed as cinema operators;2° The group or agreement does not include more than one m…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions relating to video game companies and video games

Article D331-20

For the application of 1° of 1 of III of Article 220 terdecies of the French General Tax Code, the cost of developing a video game is understood to be all the expenditure incurred by the video game cr…

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