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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 7: Declaration of claims.

Article R641-26

…tion and civil enforcement proceedings suspended pursuant to the second paragraph of Article L. 622-28 shall be pursued at the initiative of the creditors benefiting from guarantees mentioned in the l…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Exceptional provisions relating to selective distribution aid

Article 919-39

Notwithstanding article 223-23, distribution companies have a period of thirty months to exhibit the works in cinemas. This period runs from:1° 19 May 2021 for aid granted between 1 March 2020 and 19…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Inventions by civil servants and public officials.

Article Annexe art. R611-14-1

…992 modifié.-attachés temporaires d'enseignement et de recherche régis par le décret n° 88-654 du 7 mai 1988 modifié.-Chercheurs associés au Centre national de la recherche scientifique régis par le d…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Powers and funding of the Agency and Working Conditions Committee

Article R1432-70-1

…tee. They shall exercise the prerogatives laid down in articles 5-5 to 5-10 of decree no. 82-453 of 28 May 1982 on occupational health and safety and medical prevention in the civil service and inarti…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO NEW CALEDONIA

Article L732-2

…of 26 July 2005 L. 131-36 to L. 131-44law no. 2005-516 of 20 May 2005 L. 131-45 law no. 2013-100 of 28 January 2013 L. 131-46 to L. 131-63Act no. 2005-516 of 20 May 2005 L. 131-64 Order no. 2019-964 o…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article L733-2

…f 26 July 2005 L. 131-36 to L. 131-44 law no. 2005-516 of 20 May 2005 L. 131-45 law no. 2013-100 of 28 January 2013 L. 131-46 to L. 131-63 Act no. 2005-516 of 20 May 2005 L. 131-64 Order no. 2019-964…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Direct selling of banking services

Article L753-16

I.- Subject to the provisions of II and III, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the ri…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Direct selling of banking services

Article L752-16

I.- Subject to the provisions of II and III, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-han…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Direct selling of banking services

Article L754-15

I.-The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, subject to the provisions of II and III, in the wording indicat…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Declaration of claims.

Article R622-26

…tion and civil enforcement proceedings suspended pursuant to the second paragraph of Article L. 622-28 shall be pursued on the initiative of the creditors benefiting from guarantees mentioned in the l…

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