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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Pledging of business assets.

Article L142-2

Only the following may be included in the pledge subject to the provisions of this chapter as forming part of a business: the sign and trade name, the right to the lease, the clientele and goodwill, t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Technical protection and information measures

Article L331-11

Information in electronic form concerning the rights regime relating to a work, other than software, an interpretation, a phonogram, a videogram, a programme or a press publication, is protected under…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Transfer of ownership

Article L211-19

…n an account, the intermediary referred to in Article L. 211-3 shall draw up a nominative reference form. This statement shall indicate the details identifying the principal, the legal nature of his r…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 411-79

The initial contribution from the publisher(s) must:1° Be made in cash in the form of investment in producer's shares or in the form of a contract for the purchase of rights to make the work available…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 5: Exceptional support measure for artistic agents, communications agents and press officers working in the film industry

Article 919-106

Applicants must submit the application form drawn up by the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée electronically by 15 November 2021 at the latest.This form must be accompanied by all documen…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Establishment and powers.

Article L721-5

…civil courts alone have jurisdiction to hear legal actions in which one of the parties is a company formed in accordance with the loi n° 90-1258 du 31 décembre 1990 relative à l'exercice sous forme de…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Transfers of use

Article 744

…For leases of unlimited duration, the value used as a basis for the tax is determined by a capital formed by twenty times the annual rent or price, and the charges also annual, also adding other capi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Payment of personal transport costs.

Article L3261-3-1

…ts mentioned in article L. 3261-2, or using other shared mobility services defined by decree in the form of a "sustainable mobility package", the terms of which are laid down by decree. 3261-2, or usi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Criminal court

Article D45-11

…ds the interested party, for each fine, an extract from the enforcement order concerning him in the form of a notice inviting him to pay the amount of the increased fixed fine. This notice contains th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Taxes specific to resorts

Article D2333-82-2

…neficiaries: - as soon as the deduction is taken into account for circle games and their electronic form; - as soon as they are entered in the levy books for counterparty games and their electronic fo…

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