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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 695-9-31

For the application of Council Framework Decision 2006/960/JHA of 18 December 2006, the services or units of the national police, the national gendarmerie, the Directorate-General for Customs and Exci…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 695-9-32

…onfidentiality of investigations, any information or data exchanged shall be confidential. The procedures for transmitting and storing such information and data shall ensure compliance with this princ…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter V: Provisions relating to financial assistance for the promotion of audiovisual works abroad

Article 915-3

…application of articles 915-1 and 915-2 is not taken into account for the determination in 2020 and 2021 of the total amount of financial aid allocated for the promotion abroad of audiovisual works me…

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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 918-2

For investment grants awarded in 2019, 2020 and 2021, the two-year period referred to in the first paragraph of article 411-17 for the work to obtain a cinematographic exhibition licence is replaced b…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article L771-2

…ns prévues à l'article L. 771-3, les dispositions des articles mentionnés dans la colonne de gauche du tableau ci-après, dans leur rédaction indiquée dans la colonne de droite du même tableau : ARTICL…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Disciplinary safeguards

Article R6153-35

…ance;3° Two full members of the odontology teaching and hospital staff covered either by decree no. 2021-1645 of 13 December 2021 relating to the teaching and hospital staff of hospitals and universit…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Resource equalisation

Article R2336-1

I.-For the application of III and IV of Article L. 2336-2 and I of article L. 2336-5, the logarithmic coefficient varies according to the population determined in application of

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Measures to boost audiovisual production

Article 916-35

In order to relaunch the production and preparation of audiovisual works, direct allocations are granted in addition to the sums invested pursuant to Articles 211-66 and 311-57, in respect of applicat…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Exceptional aid for particularly vulnerable farmers

Article 919-77

…exceptional assistance, exhibitors must submit the application form drawn up by the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée electronically by 31 October 2021 at the latest.This form must be acc…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article L224-30-1

An individual retirement savings plan may be registered and subsequently distributed as a pan-European individual retirement savings product if it meets the conditions set out in Regulation (EU) 2019/…

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