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

Article 232-30

…4° The quality of the facilities, in particular the quality of the screenings, the quality of the reception, the comfort of spectators and the integration of the project into its environment;5° The re…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Status of members, agents and employees of the agency

Article R232-23

…7 of law no. 84-16 of 11 January 1984 on the statutory provisions relating to the State civil service.Each contract concluded between the agency and one of its employees specifies whether the employe…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Ie: Transparency and control procedures

Article R321-23

…24-17, with specific information on : - the cost of managing these actions; - the people who have received assistance for three consecutive years; b) A description of the allocation procedures; c) A c…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Implementation of placement under mobile electronic surveillance

Article R61-23

When it receives an application for a measure involving placement under mobile electronic surveillance or when it is considering imposing such a measure ex officio, the sentence enforcement court may…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions common to the taxes, income and profits referred to in Chapters I to III

Article 235 quater

I.-The beneficiary of income and profits subject to withholding or deductions at source mentioned in articles 119 bis, 182 A bis, 182 B, 244 bis, 244 bis A and 244 bis B may request that the tax paid…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 5 : Groupings, agreements and commitments and commitments

Article L212-23

…rogramming groups or agreements mentioned in article L. 212-19 and approved by the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée ; 2° The commitments made by the operators of cinemat…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 8: Foreign nationals with personal and family ties in France

Article L423-23

…22 or those giving entitlement to family reunification, and who has personal and family ties in France such that refusal to authorise his residence would infringe his right to respect for his private…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Financial and accounting system

Article D112-23

…ses : 1° Subsidies from the State, local authorities and all other public and private bodies; 2° Proceeds from museum entrance fees, guided tours and workshops, and introductory sports services; 3° In…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Advisory Committee

Article 232-34

…airs departments; 8° A representative of the public limited company known as "Institut pour le financement du cinéma et des industries culturelles" (IFCIC); 9° A member of the IFCIC's committee of pro…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 6: Right of withdrawal applicable to distance and off-premises contracts

Article L221-23

…delay and, at the latest, within fourteen days of communicating his decision to withdraw in accordance with Article L. 221-21, unless the trader offers to recover the goods himself. The consumer only…

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