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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The special register of individual entrepreneurs with limited liability.

Article R526-16

…ter.An application for amending registration is submitted within one month of the event making it necessary to correct or add to the information provided for in the previous two paragraphs, via the si…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Remuneration of the administrator.

Article R663-16

…Article L. 444-3, based on the cumulative amount of sums collected by all creditors or, in the absence of collection by creditors, deposited with the Caisse des dépôts et consignations during each of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IX: Provisions specific to insurance and reinsurance undertakings covered by the Solvency II regime

Article R322-168

…d of Directors, as effective managers. These persons must have a sufficiently broad area of competence and powers over the company's activities and risks, must be sufficiently available within the com…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: General provisions

Article 1680 A

…sed for this purpose, which may be: 1° A deposit account in a credit institution established in France or in the single euro payment area, a caisse de crédit agricole governed by Section 3 of Chapter…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Mandate

Article R722-16

…of hearings. It may be amended in the same manner if one or more of the judges making up the court ceases to hold office. A judge may be assigned to several chambers. If the president of a chamber or…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article D5217-16

The summary data on the financial situation of the metropolis, provided for in 1° of the first paragraph of Article L. 5217-10-14, include the following ratios:1° Actual operating expenditure/populati…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 10: General provisions

Article A212-164

The certificate of qualification and aptitude for the functions mentioned in article L. 212-1 is issued by the Minister for Sport, after receiving the opinion of a qualified jury composed as follows:…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Advances

Article 232-16

Advances on the sums calculated may be granted subject to ceilings. The ceilings are calculated by applying a coefficient to the amount of the sums entered in the automatic cinema exhibition account o…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Exceptional registration due to difficulties in exhibiting and manufacturing cinematographic works as a result of the health crisis

Article 919-16

…iative; 2° Be the subject of an application for production approval between 1 January 2020 and 31 December 2021. However, works released in cinemas before 19 February 2020 will not be taken into accou…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Financial guarantee

Article R1333-162

…osts mentioned in Article R. 1333-163. The obligation to provide financial guarantees remains in force notwithstanding any guarantee that may be provided for sealed radioactive sources in another Memb…

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