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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Functional allowances.

Article R2123-23

…mum for the elected representatives referred to in article L. 2123-20 : 1° In the communes that are 25% administrative centres of the département, in the communes that are 20% administrative centres o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Beneficial owner

Article R561-3

…ersons who satisfy one of the following conditions: 1° They hold, directly or indirectly, more than 25% of the capital of the legal entity; 2° They are entitled, by virtue of a legal instrument appoin…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Reorganisation and winding-up measures for Community credit institutions

Article R613-26

…ursuant to article 66 of decree no. 85-1388 of 27 December 1985 referred to in II of article R. 613-25, the judicial representative shall notify known creditors that they are required to declare their…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 3-3-1 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLE A. 321-11)

Article Annexe 3-3-1

…ACCESS TO THE TRAINEESHIP PROVIDED FOR IN 4° OF ARTICLE R. 321-18 AND ARTICLES R. 321-20 to R. 321-25 OF THE CODE OF COMMERCEI, the undersigned .......................................................…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Formation of the credit agreement

Article L312-24

…t from the credit. The provision of funds beyond the seven-day period referred to in article L. 312-25 constitutes approval of the borrower by the lender.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Medically assisted procreation with third-party donors

Article 342-11

…ld. Filiation is established, with regard to the woman giving birth, in accordance with article 311-25. It is established, with regard to the other woman, by the joint acknowledgement provided for in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Medically assisted procreation.

Article L2162-6

As stated in Article 511-25 of the Criminal Code, reproduced below:"I Carrying out the activities required to receive a human embryo under the conditions set out in article L. 2141-6 of the Public Hea…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions.

Article L4243-2

…out in article 131-38 of the same code, as well as the penalties set out in 2° to 4° of article 433-25 of the same code.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Direct allocations based on the production conditions of cinematographic works

Article 222-15

…irect allocations granted to a single distribution company in the course of a year may not exceed €125,000.For cinematographic works whose production cost is equal to or greater than €4,000,000 and le…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Training of lenders and intermediaries

Article D314-26

…red to in 2° of Article D. 314-23 as well as the continuing education referred to in Article D. 314-25 : 1° Their purpose is to enable people to acquire legal, economic and financial skills prior to e…

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