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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Increased rates for calculating sums representing automatic aid

Article 919-46

For the period between 19 May 2021 and 8 June 2021, the rates are set at :- 729.26% when the total revenue from feature films is less than or equal to €307,500;- 285.07% when the total revenue from fe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IX: Overseas provisions.

Article R940-1

…R. 123-222, R. 123-232 and R. 123-234-1 are applicable in their version resulting from Decree no. 2021-1500 of 17 November 2021; 2° Title II of Book VII in the version resulting from Decree no. 2020…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Exceptional aid to offset fixed costs

Article 919-79

…inancial aid for the creation and modernisation of cinemas;2° Are eligible for aid under decree no. 2021-310 of 24 March 2021 instituting aid to compensate for the fixed costs not covered by companies…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article D6151-1

University professors who are hospital practitioners and consultants are governed by decree no. 2021-1645 of 13 December 2021 relating to teaching and hospital staff at university hospitals.

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Criminal provisions.

Article L2446-1

…f the Public Health Code are applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia as amended by Law no. 2021-1017 of 2 August 2021.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: NATIONAL BODIES RESPONSIBLE FOR MUNICIPALITIES AND THEIR GROUPINGS.

Article D1831-1

…ions provided for in III. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS IN THE FORMING RESULTING FROM R. 1221-12 Decree no. 2021-596 of 14 May 2021 R. 1221-13 Decree no. 2000-318 of 7 April 2000 R. 1221-14 and R. 1221-15 Dec…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Banking services providers

Article R775-3

…cable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 513-1-An° 2022-766 of 2 May 2022R. 513-1n° 2021-898 of 6 July 2021R. 513-2no. 2014-1315 of 3 November 2014R. 513-4 to R. 513-6 with the excepti…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Prevention and settlement of conflicts of exercise of jurisdiction pursuant to the Framework Decision of the Council of the European Union of 30 November 2009

Article 695-9-56

Information requested by the requesting authority of such a nature as to prejudice the fundamental national security interests of the State or to compromise the security of a person shall not be commu…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Prevention and settlement of conflicts of exercise of jurisdiction pursuant to the Framework Decision of the Council of the European Union of 30 November 2009

Article 695-9-54

For the purposes of applying Council Framework Decision 2009/948/JHA of 30 November 2009 on prevention and settlement of conflicts of exercise of jurisdiction in criminal proceedings, where parallel c…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Prevention and settlement of conflicts of exercise of jurisdiction pursuant to the Framework Decision of the Council of the European Union of 30 November 2009

Article 695-9-55

For the application of article 695-9-54, the provisions of Article 11 relating to the secrecy of the investigation and inquiry shall not prevent the communication by the competent judicial authority p…

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