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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Prudential control and resolution authority

Article D783-2

…lumn of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 612-1n° 2013-978 of 30 October 2013D. 612-5-1 and D. 612-6-1No. 2015-1160 of 17 September 2015D. 612-8no. 2010-218…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Common provisions

Article R814-14

The Conseil national des administrateurs judiciaires et des mandataires judiciaires draws up its budget. On 1 March each year, it draws up its balance sheet for the operations of the previous year. Th…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title II: Information to be provided by distributors and rules of conduct

Article A522-1

…etic risk indicator referred to in Article 3 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 2017/653 of 8 March 2017 or, in the absence of this synthetic risk indicator, a risk indicator calculated using…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Prudential control and resolution authority

Article R784-6

…m the decreeR. 612-22, R. 612-24 and R. 612-25No. 2010-217 of 3 March 2010R. 612-26No. 2011-769 of 28 June 2011R. 612-27n° 2014-1315 of 3 November 2014R. 612-28n° 2013-978 of 30 October 2013R. 612-29n…

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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

The term "ski lifts" refers to all public transport equipment for persons by rack railway, by cableway installation falling within the scope of Regulation (EU) 2016/424 of the European Parliament and…

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

Article 689-12

…relating to road transport, may be prosecuted and tried under the conditions laid down in Article 689-1 any person guilty of infringements of the rules on driving time and rest periods within the mea…

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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 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

…2020) 9072, 20 May 2020 C(2020) 3460 and 25 May 2020 C(2020) 3532, on the basis of scheme no. SA.56985 for business support authorised by the European Commission by decision of 20 April 2020, C(2020)…

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

Article 919-113

…2020) 9072, 20 May 2020 C(2020) 3460 and 25 May 2020 C(2020) 3532, on the basis of scheme no. SA.56985 for business support authorised by the European Commission by decision of 20 April 2020, C(2020)…

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