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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Equity securities

Article L743-2

…04 of 24 June 2004 L. 212-2 Act 2012-387 of 22 March 2012 L. 212-3 with the exception of IV Law no. 2021-1308 of 8 October 2021 L. 212-4 to L. 212-7 Order no. 2004-604 of 24 June 2004 II.For the appli…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Equity securities

Article L742-2

…04 of 24 June 2004 L. 212-2 Act 2012-387 of 22 March 2012 L. 212-3 with the exception of IV Law no. 2021-1308 of 8 October 2021 L. 212-4 to L. 212-7 Order no. 2004-604 of 24 June 2004 II.For the appli…

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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 918-9

For the calculation in 2021 and 2022 of direct allocations to theatrical screenings of short-lived cinematographic and audiovisual works, the threshold condition of 1,500 admissions set out in article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of patients and users of the healthcare system.

Article L1541-1

…L. 1110-4 is applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia in the version resulting from Law no. 2021-1017 of 2 August 2021.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Crisis prevention and management measures for central counterparties

Article L613-77

…thstanding any provision or stipulation to the contrary, contributions within the meaning ofArticle 1843-3 of the French Civil Code and Book II of the French Commercial Code and capital increases, red…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 6: Measures relating to the intensity of public aid

Article 916-49

…ultimedia works for which applications for aid are submitted between 1 October 2020 and 31 December 2021 and for which it is justified that there are particular production or marketing difficulties re…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article R4111-15

…the Centre national de gestion or his representative, chairman ;2° The Director General for Higher Education and Professional Integration, or his representative;3° The President of the Fédération hosp…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Measures to boost film production

Article 916-5

For decisions to grant pre-production production aid that lapse between 1 August 2020 and 31 August 2021, the extension provided for in the second sentence of article 211-104 is extended to two years.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing

Article L775-36

…ng or betting operators authorised on the basis of Article 21 of Law2010-476 of 12 May 2010 . Order 2021-1735 of 22 December 2021 L. 561-2-1 Order 2020-115 of 12 February 2020 L. 561-2-2 Order 2016-16…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Donation and use of elements and products of the human body.

Article L1542-13

…a biomédecine and the competent authorities of New Caledonia and French Polynesia sets out the procedures for registering patients and allocating transplants, taking particular account of the specific…

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