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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Audit of production accounts

Article L213-27

…the cinematographic exhibition licence, audit the production account referred to in article L. 213-24 or have it audited by an independent expert. The purpose of this audit is to check the regularity…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Financial provisions.

Article L5215-32

…ect of the authority to organise the public distribution of electricity mentioned in l'article L. 2224-31, provided that this competence is not already exercised by an authority mentioned in article L…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation of work

Article D1432-39

…e representative of the coordination support systems mentioned in articles L. 6327-2 and L. 6327-3 ;24° One representative of the permanent care service associations involved in the permanent care ser…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Entry on the roll of the order

Article D4311-52-2

…containing this information is determined by the public interest group mentioned inarticle L. 1111-24 of the public health code. The first transmission of this identification data is subject to prior…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Entry on the Roll of the Association.

Article D4323-1-1

…containing this information is validated by the public interest group mentioned in article L. 1111-24.The professional concerned will be informed in advance of any initial transmission of this identi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Entry on the Roll of the Association.

Article D4323-1-3

…aining this information is determined by the public interest grouping referred to inarticle L. 1111-24 of the Public Health Code. The first transmission of this identification data is subject to prior…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R5313-6-3

…wn in this chapter, in each establishment and organisation authorised in application of Article L. 1243-2 , including when they have an authorisation for import activity under Article R. 1245-7 and es…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Employment contract

Article L812-1

…d by credit institutions or by the institutions or services listed in article 8 of law no. 84-46 of 24 January 1984 relating to the activity and control of credit institutions, within the framework of…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Rights of press publishers and press agencies

Article L218-5

…II.-In the absence of an agreement within six months of the publication of the loi n° 2019-775 du 24 juillet 2019 tendant à créer un droit voisin au profit des agences de presse et des éditeurs de p…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
35° : Tax credit for the first subscription to a newspaper, periodical or online press service providing political and general information

Article 200 sexdecies

…or the tax credit, the income of the tax household as defined in IV of article 1417 must not exceed 24,000 euros for one share of the family allowance for the penultimate year preceding that of the fi…

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