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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Publication of acts of other administrative authorities and bodies

Article A112-36

The following are published in the Bulletin officiel du cinéma et de l'image animée, where applicable in extracts: 1° Recommendations for good practice drawn up by the professional consultation commit…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions relating to the contribution levied on property insurance contracts

Article A422-1

The insurance contracts on which the contribution instituted by article L. 422-1 and mentioned in article R. 422-4 is based are those that cover property located on national territory and falling unde…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Publication of the acts of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée and its Chairman

Article A112-32

The following are published in the Bulletin officiel du cinéma et de l'image animée: 1° Directives, instructions and circulars, issued by the Chairman of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image an…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Freedom of establishment.

Article R4311-36-1

The Commission of Nurses for the region designated by order of the Minister for Health comprises :1° The Regional Director for Youth, Sport and Social Cohesion or his/her representative, as Chairman ;…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Holders of a diploma from the Ecole des Techniques Thermales d'Aix-les-Bains.

Article D4321-33-3

The tests to ascertain knowledge consist of a written test and a situational test in front of the members of the jury. These tests are designed to assess candidates' theoretical and practical knowledg…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Criminal penalties

Article 1771 A

The debtor mentioned in article 1671 who has neither declared nor paid to the public accountant the deductions he has made in application of the same article 1671, if the delay exceeds one month. In t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Criminal penalties

Article 1783 A

Independent of the applicable tax penalties, breaches of the provisions of 2 of Article 119 bis, of 1 and 2 of Article 187 and of 2 of article 1672 and those of the decree which sets the terms and con…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Harvesting haematopoietic cells from bone marrow or peripheral blood from a minor donor

Article R1241-9

When the removal of haematopoietic cells collected from bone marrow or peripheral blood is envisaged from a minor under the conditions defined in article L. 1241-3, the information provided for in art…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Seizures

Article A444-37

The right to institute proceedings provided for in article A. 444-15 the services listed under the following numbers in table 3-2: 1° Number 135 (formal notice to regularise the sale); 2° Number 137 (…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Surrender by life insurance companies of annuities below a certain minimum amount.

Article A160-3

The scale fixing the surrender value of the annuities referred to in Article A. 160-2 is that of the mathematical provisions established on the basis of the tables and interest rates set by Articles 1…

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