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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Increased rates for calculating sums representing automatic aid

Article 919-10

For the period between 19 May 2021 and 8 June 2021, the calculation rates are set at :- 191.77% when the amount of revenue generated by feature films is less than or equal to €307,500;- 170.46% when t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Commercial events

Article A762-8

The declarations mentioned in articles R. 762-1, R. 762-5, R. 762-10 and R. 762-11 are made electronically via the public website of the Ministry of Commerce. The acknowledgement of receipt referred t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Collective investments

Article L744-9

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the adaptations provided for in II, in the wording i…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Right to title

Article L611-8

If an industrial property title has been applied for either for an invention taken from the inventor or his successors in title, or in breach of a legal or contractual obligation, the injured party ma…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Obligation to qualify

Article L212-8

Any person shall be liable to one year's imprisonment and a fine of 15,000 euros if he or she: 1° Exercising for remuneration one of the functions of teacher, instructor, educator, trainer or leader o…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section IV: Injunction to do.

Article 1425-8

The court, in the event of total or partial non-fulfilment of the injunction to do which it has issued, shall rule on the claim, after attempting to reconcile the parties. It hears, within the limits…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Loans to businesses

Article D754-8

Article D. 313-14-1 is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the version resulting from decree no. 2005-1743 of 30 December 2005.

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Cancer centres.

Article L6162-9

The Board of Directors determines the centre's general policy and its evaluation and control policy. To this end, it carries out any controls and verifications it deems appropriate and deliberates on…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Failure to balance the budget (R)

Article R1612-22

The new decision of the municipal council, the departmental council, the regional council or the board of directors of the public institution, taken in accordance with the second paragraph of Article…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Failure to balance the budget (R)

Article R1612-24

If a budgetary decision that is the subject of the transmission provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 1612-9 is not adopted in real balance, the State representative shall refer the matte…

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