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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title Ia: Electronically supervised home detention sentence

Article 713-47

…ions that have already been respected or fulfilled. When the conditions provided for in Article 723-15 are met, the president of the court or the judge designated by him may decide that this imprisonm…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Victims' rights

Article D1-12

…eans, including electronically, by sending a digitised version of the certificate to the victim's e-mail address. It cannot be sent by post if the victim lives at the same address as the person agains…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 3: Support for project development

Article 422-18

…article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Agency System Steering Committee

Article R1411-58-1

…s ;14° The Chief Executive Officer of the Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale;15° The Chairman of the High Council for Public Health;16° A representative of the Directors General…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions applicable to investment service providers

Article L531-2

…ers of participatory finance services within the meaning of Article 2(1)(e) of Regulation (EU) 2020/1503 under the conditions and within the limits applicable to their activity under that Regulation ;…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Management standards applicable to investment services providers and prudential provisions applicable to investment firms

Article L533-2

…ill result in the application of the procedure set out in articles L. 612-39 , L. 612-40 and L. 621-15.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Measures to boost cinema distribution

Article 916-11

…nt approval between 1 October 2020 and 30 June 2021.The amount of the direct allocation is equal to 15% of the amount of the sums invested.The allocation of direct allocations is subject to the provis…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: European Union regulations constituting implementing measures for article L. 412-1

Article R412-20

…d 2 of Article 4, paragraphs 1 and 3 of Article 9, paragraphs 1 to 3 of Article 12, Articles 13 and 15, paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 16, paragraphs 1 and 3 of Article 21, paragraphs 1 to 3 of Article…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1770 undecies

…een unaware that they had the characteristics mentioned in the same paragraph.This fine is equal to 15% of the turnover from the marketing of these software or cash register systems or the services pr…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Sociétés civiles de placement immobilier (non-trading property investment companies), sociétés d'épargne forestière (forestry savings companies) and groupements forestiers d'investissement (forestry investment groups)

Article R214-166

…regime set out in the decree of 28 June 1930 relating to the conditions for application of article 15 of the finance law of 16 April 1930 until the date of approval of the simple management plan. Lan…

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