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Showing 30513060 of 29738 articles for Art. Décret n° 2019-1333 du 11 décembre 2019

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Exceptional aid to help offset the fall in activity in 2020

Article 919-26

…is awarded to distribution companies that :1° Have distributed at least three cinematographic works during 2018, 2019 and 2020;2° Have distributed a cinematographic work released in cinematographic th…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 231-29

…231-26 : 1° Classification…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions.

Article L4424-1

…applicable in the territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the wording resulting from Law no. 2019-774 of 24 July 2019 relating to the organisation and transformation of the healthcare system su…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Banking Inclusion Observatory, funds repayable from the public and dormant accounts

Article R752-4

…the wording resulting from the decreeR. 312-9 and R. 312-10no. 2020-1565 of 10 December 2020R. 312-11No. 2014-737 of 30 June 2014R. 312-12n° 2020-1565 of 10 December 2020R. 312-13 to R. 312-17n° 2014…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Banking Inclusion Observatory, funds repayable from the public and dormant accounts

Article R753-4

…the wording resulting from the decreeR. 312-9 and R. 312-10no. 2020-1565 of 10 December 2020R. 312-11No. 2014-737 of 30 June 2014R. 312-12n° 2020-1565 of 10 December 2020R. 312-13 to R. 312-17n° 2014…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 231-27

…articles 231-3 and 231-6 and the selec…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Armed Forces Medical Corps

Article L4444-1

Subject to the adaptations provided for in the following paragraphs, the provisions of Article L. 4011-5 are applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia in the wording resulting from Law No. 2019…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering, the freezing of assets and prohibited lotteries and games

Article D774-40

…1, the references to the European Commission, to Directive 2015/849 of 20 May 2015 and to Directive 2019/1153 of 20 June 2019 are deleted.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Other obligations

Article 867

…s well as the minutes mentioned in 6° of 2 of Article 635, in the version applicable on 31 December 2019, which are not subject to a proportional or progressive duty ;4° Secretaries, the acts of the a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering, the freezing of assets and prohibited lotteries and games

Article D773-40

…eferences to the European Commission, to Directive No. 2015/849 of 20 May 2015 and to Directive No. 2019/1153 of 20 June 2019 are deleted.

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