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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Authorisation procedure

Article R212-7-15

The members of the Commission départementale d'aménagement cinématographique (Departmental Cinematographic Development Commission) shall maintain secrecy with regard to both the deliberations and the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: The Board of Directors and General Management

Article L22-10-15

In companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market, the exceptional remuneration of directors referred to in Article L. 225-46 are allocated in accordance with the conditions set…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Transfer and loss of rights

Article L613-15-1

Where a breeder cannot obtain or exploit a plant variety right without infringing an earlier patent, he may request the grant of a licence under that patent insofar as such licence is necessary for th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4a A: Taxation of certain replacement incomes

Article 154 bis A

Benefits paid by the schemes or under the contracts referred to in the second and third paragraphs of I of Article 154 bis in the form of replacement income are taken into account when determining the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIVc: Victim support office

Article 706-15-4

A victim support office shall be set up in each judicial court, the composition, tasks and operating procedures of which shall be specified by decree..

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Security detention and surveillance

Article 706-53-15

The decision to impose a detention order is taken by the regional detention court with territorial jurisdiction. This court is composed of a chamber president and two councillors of the court of appea…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Sports federations with a specialised commission for grades and equivalent grades

Article A212-175-15

The list of federations whose specialised commissions for equivalent degrees award equivalent degrees is as follows: Union des fédérations d'aïkido; Fédération française de judo, jujitsu, kendo et dis…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: External control

Article L518-15-1

A decree of the Conseil d'Etat shall determine, subject to the necessary adaptations, the rules applicable to Caisse des dépôts et consignations, adopted pursuant to Article L. 511-36, the first parag…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Reduction in the rental value of certain properties

Article 1518 A bis

For the assessment of local taxes, the rental values of specific port handling tools, equipment and facilities transferred or having been the subject of a transfer of real rights under the conditions…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Reduction in the rental value of certain properties

Article 1518 A quater

I. - Municipalities and their public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation with their own tax status may, by a deliberation taken under the conditions provided for in I of Article 1639 A bis,…

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