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Showing 2130 of 8110 articles for Art. CA Montpellier 21-12-2011

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 212-21

To be eligible for screenwriting grants, authors must, depending on the case :1° When writing a first screenplay, provide evidence of having written, in the ten years preceding the year of application…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Injunction and regularisation

Article R131-21

If the rejected cheque has been paid when presented again, the drawer shall report this to the drawee.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Retention period for data entered in the register and procedures for deleting them

Article R53-21-21

…s the administrative department without delay of the decision to discontinue proceedings, except in cases where this decision is based on the premier alinéa de l'article 122-1 du code pénal, ou de la…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Conditions relating to the accessibility of works to people with sensory disabilities

Article 211-18

…igital subtitling and audio description files and the adaptation of these files to any digital broadcast medium must comply with the methodological requirements of the Charter on the quality of subtit…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
Section III: Determination of taxable profit

Article 212

…directly, within the meaning of 12 of the article 39, are deductible : a) Within the limit of those calculated on the basis of the rate provided for in the first paragraph of 3° of 1 of the same Artic…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 5: Provisions relating to the collection of parking charges by a contracting third party

Article R2333-120-12

The contracting third party may not assign to the collection activities defined in article R. 2333-120-11 an agent who does not satisfy the conditions set out in 1° to 3° of article R. 2333-120-8. The…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Calculation of tax

Article 219

I.-For tax calculation purposes, taxable profit is rounded to the nearest euro. The fraction of a euro equal to 0.50 is counted as 1.The standard rate of tax is set at 25%.However:a. The net amount of…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 7: Ceremony of reception into French citizenship

Article 21-28

…f 26 December 1964 authorising the approval of the Council of Europe Convention on the Reduction of Cases of Multiple Nationality and Military Obligations in Cases of Multiple Nationality, signed in S…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Purpose and conditions of award

Article 211-90

…creating digital subtitling and audio description files and adapting said files to any digital broadcast medium includes:1° Writing the subtitle and audio description texts;2° Interpreting and recordi…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 6 : Provisions common to certain methods of acquiring French nationality

Article 21-27

No one may acquire French nationality or be reinstated in this nationality if they have been convicted of crimes or offences constituting an attack on the fundamental interests of the Nation or an act…

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