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Showing 15111520 of 18954 articles for Art. Cass. crim. – 31 Oct. 2000

French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: National Sports Agency

Article L112-11

…icies andArticle 1609 tricies of the General Tax Code and in II ofArticle 59 of the Finance Law for 2000 (no. 99-1172 of 30 December 1999). The National Sports Agency may collect all types of resource…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the treatment of credit institutions, finance companies, electronic money institutions, payment institutions and investment firms in difficulty

Article L613-26

Notwithstanding the provisions of article L. 631-1 of the French Commercial Code, credit institutions or finance companies that are unable to ensure their payments, immediately or in the near future,…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to the various companies.

Article R743-41

The registration of the company in the Trade and Companies Register is governed by articles R. 123-31 et seq, subject to the following provisions:An ampliation of the appointment order provided for in

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Financial regime (R)

Article R2221-47

…in the operating section duly committed, not mandated and for which there has been service done by 31 calendar December, shall be notified by the Director to the Accounting Officer and attached to th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Financial regime (R)

Article R2221-89

…ng section that has been duly committed, not mandated, and for which there has been service done by 31 calendar December, shall be notified by the Director to the Accounting Officer and attached to th…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions relating to the compensation fund for the interruption or abandonment of film or audiovisual shoots due to the covid-19 epidemic

Article 913-5

…al ban imposed by national or local public authorities.If filming is interrupted or postponed until 31 December 2020, aid will only be granted if filming is resumed by 31 January 2021 at the latest. I…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE VI: FINANCIAL AND ACCOUNTING PROVISIONS

Article D3665-14

…cer of the Lyon metropolitan authority presents the metropolitan authority's accounting position at 31 December of the financial year, including the transactions of the additional day.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Provisions relating to aid for the creation and distribution of short cinematographic and audiovisual works

Article 918-5

…id before completion granted in 2019, 2020 and 2021, the two-year period referred to in article 411-31 is extended to three years.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Alerts to the Deputy European Public Prosecutor and the exercise of his powers

Article D47-1-32

Where the offence relates to value added tax, the offences mentioned in I of Article D. 47-1-31 only if the following conditions are met:

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Representation of professional platform organisations

Article R7343-80

The number of platforms that are members of the candidate organisations is assessed as at 31 December of the year preceding the year of the declaration of candidacy provided for in article L. 7343-23.

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