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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 17: Recovery methods

Article R412-33

…l'article 15, du paragraphe 1 de l'article 17, des paragraphes 1 à 4 de l'article 18, de l'article 19, des paragraphes 1 et 2 de l'article 20, Article 23(1) to (4), Article 24(1) and (2), Article 25(…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to preventive group resolution plans

Article L613-40-1

…the European Banking Authority for the purpose of reaching a joint decision on the basis of Article 19 of Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Issue and withdrawal of delegations

Article R131-28-1

…rticles R. 131-32, R. 131-33 and, where applicable, those mentioned in articles R. 331-7 and R. 331-19 ; 7° Where applicable, the agreement linking the federation to its territorial or national bodies…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Capital gains realised by companies

Article 248 E

When securities, mentioned in Articles 5 and 6 of Law no. 86-912 of 6 August 1986 or the profit participation certificates referred to in amended Article 1 of the same law, appear on the balance sheet…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Allocation of sums held in the automatic foreign promotion account

Article 721-23

…n authorised to invest the sums registered in their automatic account in application of article 211-19;2° For long-term cinematographic works produced as part of a financial co-production, with the ex…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Support for projects

Article 633-5

…penditure concerned, with the intensity rates provided for in Article 17(6), Article 18(2), Article 19(3), Article 25(5)(c) and (6), Article 28(3), 4 of Article 29 and 4 of Article 31 of Commission Re…

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

Article R422-16

…prejudice to the provisions which, pursuant to Articles 10 and 11 of Law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966, the articles of association must include those which, by virtue of the articles 8, 14, 15, 19,…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Probationary measures

Article R615-4

…holder of a licence granted under Articles L. 613-11, L. 613-15, L. 613-17, L. 613-17-1 and L. 613-19, the applicant must show that the conditions laid down in the second or fourth paragraph of Artic…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAINT-MARTIN

Article R153-2

…5° The references to the external borders of the States party to the Schengen Agreement signed on 19 June 1990 are deleted; 6° The references to the commander of the gendarmerie group are replaced b…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Democratisation and transparency.

Article L5211-39-2

…5211-41-1 or the withdrawal of a municipality under the conditions provided for in articles L. 5211-19, L. 5214-26 or L. 5216-11, the author of the request or initiative draws up a document presenting…

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