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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Fonds commun de placement à risques.

Article R214-37

…not admitted to trading on a financial instruments market within the meaning of I of Article L. 214-28, they are taken at their acquisition or subscription value; 2° When securities held by the fund a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Local investment funds.

Article R214-68

…not admitted to trading on a financial instruments market within the meaning of I of Article L. 214-28, they are taken at their acquisition or subscription value; 2° When securities held by the fund a…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Costs.

Article 695

…ary by investigative measures carried out abroad at the request of the courts under Regulation (EU) 2020/1783 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2020 on cooperation between t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Value added tax compensation fund

Article L1615-13

…well as the fourth paragraph of I of Article L. 1511-8 only apply to expenditure incurred up to the 2020 financial year.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Designation of judicial environmental officers

Article R15-33-29-18

The category A and B environmental inspectors referred to in article 28-3 are referred to as judicial environmental officers.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Measures to boost film production

Article 916-1

…automatic financial aid to which they are entitled pursuant to article 211-25, between 2 September 2020 and 16 February 2021, are those set out in article 916-2.

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

Article 916-9

…ing the automatic financial aid to which they are entitled under article 222-3, between 2 September 2020 and 16 February 2021, are those set out in article 916-10.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Loan categories

Article L753-6

…672 of 26 July 2013 L. 313-12-2 Order no. 2013-544 of 27 June 2013 L. 313-13 article 209 of law no. 2020-1721 of 29 December 2020 L. 313-14 and L. 313-15 Act no. 2005-882 of 2 August 2005 L. 313-16 la…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Public holidays

Article D3133-1

The compensation for loss of pay for May 1st provided for in article L. 3133-5 is calculated on the basis of the working hours and the distribution of weekly working hours usually applied in the estab…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Persons called upon to carry out seizures, rights and obligations of persons seizing and customs detention

Article 323-9

…rson be brought before him, a judicial police officer or a customs officer authorised under article 28-1 of the code of criminal procedure, or that he be released. When detainees are taken into police…

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