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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Merchant accounting

Article A123-80-4

…icle L. 123-1-1 of the French Commercial Code or by V of the article 19 of law no. 96-603 of 5 July 1996 relating to the development and promotion of trade and craft trades, a statement on honour cert…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tobacco control

Article R3822-2

…hority"; 2° In 4° of Article R. 3512-2, the words: "as defined by Decree No. 96-1136 of 18 December 1996 laying down the safety requirements for collective play areas" are deleted; 3° In Article R. 35…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Foreign nationals married to French nationals

Article L423-1

A foreign national married to a French national will be issued with a temporary residence permit bearing the wording "private and family life" for a period of one year if the following conditions are…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Ski lifts and ski runs.

Article L342-7

…ing within the scope of Regulation (EU) 2016/424 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on cableway installations and repealing Directive 2000/9/EC, as well as cableway installa…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-12

…the application of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 on the harmonisation of certain social legislation relating to road transport, may be pro…

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

Article 919-39

…ths to exhibit the works in cinemas. This period runs from:1° 19 May 2021 for aid granted between 1 March 2020 and 19 May 2021;2° the date of notification of the decision to grant aid for aid granted…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 5: Exceptional support measure for artistic agents, communications agents and press officers working in the film industry

Article 919-108

…of national framework scheme no. SA.62102 authorised by the European Commission by decisions of 16 March 2021 C(2021) 1902, 9 December 2020 C(2020) 9072, 20 May 2020 C(2020) 3460 and 25 May 2020 C(20…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and terms of allocation

Article 919-113

…of national framework scheme no. SA.62102 authorised by the European Commission by decisions of 16 March 2021 C(2021) 1902, 9 December 2020 C(2020) 9072, 20 May 2020 C(2020) 3460 and 25 May 2020 C(20…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter VI: Parentage and subsidies

Article 1157-2

The couple or unmarried woman who has recourse to medically assisted procreation requiring the intervention of a third-party donor, as provided for in article 342-10 of the Civil Code , consents to th…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title III: Rules relating to life insurance and capitalisation operations

Article A134-6

…c risk indicator, referred to in Article 3 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2017/653 of 8 March 2017, is less than or equal to 2. For vehicles for which a synthetic risk indicator is not ava…

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