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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 722-23

…00 per work;4° 50% of expenditure relating to the organisation of special events, up to a limit of €20,000 per work and €25,000 per company per year.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Electorate.

Article R723-3

…ed for in Article L. 723-11. This list is immediately posted at the commercial court registry and remains there until the votes are counted. A copy is sent to the Prefect. The list is rectified at the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Provisions applicable in municipalities with a state police force

Article R2214-2

…roup of communes, assessed taking into account the size of the seasonal population, is greater than 20,000 inhabitants;2° The characteristics of delinquency are those of urban areas.It is established…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General provisions.

Article D2411-6

…L. 2121-11, L. 2121-12, L. 2121-17, in the first paragraph of article L. 2121-18, articles L. 2121-20 and L. 2121-21 apply to the convening, meetings and deliberations of the trade union commission,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: General provisions relating to elections to the disciplinary boards of New Caledonia and French Polynesia

Article D4443-22

…be a voter, eligible and candidate in application of the provisions of articles D. 4443-19, D. 4443-20 and D. 4443-23.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Minimum solvency margin requirement

Article R334-19

…horised to operate simultaneously in at least two or more classes mentioned either in 1 and 2 or in 20 to 26 of Articles R. 321-1 of this Code, R. 211-2 of the Mutual Code and R. 931-2-1 of the Social…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 411-46

…r duration:1° Each point on the scale is weighted by a multiplier of 1 for a work lasting less than 20 minutes;2° Each point on the scale is weighted by a multiplier of 1.5 for a work lasting between…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1 : Tariff

Article 777

…en € 8,072 and € 12,109 10 Between € 12,109 109 and €15,932 15 Ranging between €15,932 and €552,324 20 Ranging between 552,324 and €902,838 30 Between €902,838 and €1,805,677 40 OverAbove €1,805,677 4…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Tests of knowledge.

Article D4111-3

…m the sections or sub-sections of the National Universities Council governed by decree no. 87-31 of 20 January 1987 corresponding to the discipline or speciality concerned:a) For medicine, in all spec…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Obligation to declare

Article R5125-37-1

…s taken into account including the increases mentioned in article L. 753-4 of the same code,Article 20-5 of Ordinance No. 96-1122 of 20 December 1996 relating to the improvement of public health, sick…

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