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

Article 916-11

…cinematographic works were the subject of an application for investment 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…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Declaration of new constructions and changes to their nature, purpose or use

Article 1406

…lt properties mentioned in I of Article 146 of Law no. 2019-1479 of 28 December 2019 on finance for 2020 and for changes in the method of determining the rental value pursuant to Articles 1499-00 A or…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
BOOK V: FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article L6500

From the 2020 financial year, a global autonomy grant is instituted for the benefit of French Polynesia, by deduction from State revenue, intended to compensate for the operating costs borne by this c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Industrial preparation and wholesale.

Article L5441-8-1

The following is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 150,000 euros:1° The fact, for the qualified person mentioned in II of Article L. 5142-1, of releasing a batch of veterinary medici…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 1: Seizure operations

Article R522-5

…R. 221-26 which are not applicable. The writ of attachment is served on the debtor within…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Financial holding companies and parent companies of finance companies

Article L517-1

…of Article 4(1)(3) of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013.A parent undertaking of a finance company is a financial institution, within the meanin…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: Entry on the list of persons qualified in industrial property matters

Article L421-1

…group or as an employee of another person practising on a self-employed basis. Persons appearing on 26 November 1990 on the list of qualified patent attorneys are automatically entered on the list ref…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Foreign nationals residing outside the European Union or who have been admitted to reside in another Member State and family members

Article L421-28

…hey are at least eighteen years old, the spouse of the foreign national mentioned in article L. 421-26 will be issued with a multi-annual residence permit bearing the words "salarié détaché ICT (famil…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Personnel management

Article L1424-9-1

…regulatory provisions applicable to them. By way of derogation from article 40 of law no. 84-53 of 26 January 1984 on statutory provisions relating to the territorial civil service, when they are req…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation of fire and rescue services in Alsace

Article L1424-94

…s and a maximum of thirty members. Its composition is determined in accordance with article L. 1424-26. The seats are divided between: 1° The Collectivité européenne d'Alsace; 2° The municipalities an…

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