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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and internal control

Article L511-60

…nomic environment. In the case of a branch of a credit institution mentioned in I of Article L. 511-10, the persons mentioned in the second paragraph of Article L. 511-13 transmit to the body of the c…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and internal control

Article L511-59

…any shortcomings. In the case of a branch of a credit institution mentioned in I of Article L. 511-10, the persons mentioned in the second paragraph of Article L. 511-13 shall transmit to the body of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Extension and enlargement procedures.

Article L2261-26

…as increased at least twice in application of articles L. 3231-5, L. 3231-6 to L. 3231-9 or L. 3231-10 during the twelve months preceding the conclusion of a rider mentioned in the first paragraph of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Information to be provided to the public

Article R385-21

…0, under the conditions specified by Article 298 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/35 of 10 October 2014 supplementing Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Transitional provisions.

Article R441-30

When, in application of the last paragraph of II of article L. 441-10 , a member's rights are converted into an immediate or deferred life annuity expressed in euros and managed outside the auxiliary…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Calculation of sums entered in the automatic cinema distribution account

Article 222-4

…of the total box office takings generated by a work in excess of €3,075,000 and up to €4,305,000;- 10% for the fraction of the total box office takings generated by a work in excess of €4,305,000 and…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Recording of sums calculated on the automatic audiovisual production account

Article 311-55

…ng to writing work on projects for works belonging to the fiction genre for an amount equivalent to 10% of these sums.Expenditure corresponding to writing work is as follows:1° Remuneration paid to au…

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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 311-40

…b) 30 seconds when the episode lasts more than five minutes;2° For works in the animation genre:a) 10 seconds when the episode lasts ten minutes or less;b) 15 seconds when the episode lasts more than…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Payment of the subcontractor

Article R2393-33

…ntractors are only paid directly if the amount of their subcontract is equal to or greater than: 1° 10% of the total amount of the contract when the subcontractor is a small or medium-sized enterprise…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VI: The Competition Authority.

Article L463-6

…sclosure is made in accordance with the provisions of Chapter III of Title VIII and Articles L. 464-10, L. 490-13 and L. 490-14.The professional secrecy imposed on the members of the College and the s…

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