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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special provisions for the automatic cinema production account

Article 123-11

The closure of the automatic cinema production account does not prevent payment, under the conditions provided for in…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Financial provisions.

Article R6147-110

The rates for services provided by the public health establishment of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, instituted inarticle L. 174-3 of the Social Security Code, are established for : 1° Full hospitalisation…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Unions of mutual insurance companies.

Article R322-113

Insurance policies issued by mutual insurance companies reinsured with a union must contain, in clearly visible characters, the name and address of the union and reproduce the clause in the reinsuranc…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Rights of foreign nationals in waiting zones

Article R343-11

Where, within the jurisdiction of the court of appeal, it is not possible to appoint one of the persons appearing on the list provided for in article R. 343-2 or where this list has not yet been drawn…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Organisation of detention facilities

Article R744-11

Administrative detention facilities must have the following facilities:1° Non-mixed group rooms, accommodating a maximum of six people;2° Sanitary facilities with free access including washbasins, sho…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: General shops.

Article R522-11

The guarantee may be provided in full or in part in money, annuities, securities admitted to trading on a regulated market, or by a first mortgage on immovable property with a value double the sum gua…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
2 bis: Withholding of income tax at source

Article 119 bis

1. Income from transferable capital falling within the provisions of articles 118,119,238 septies B and 1678 bis give rise to the application of a withholding tax, the rate of which is set by 1 of Art…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Cross-border recognition.

Article 509-11

Applications for a declaration that there are no grounds for refusing recognition and for refusal of recognition respectively made pursuant to Articles 30 and 40 of Council Regulation (EU) 2019/1111 o…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Deposits to be made by companies having their registered office abroad

Article R123-119

…European Community or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, the provisions of article R. 123-110 apply with the exception of the third paragraph. En outre, est déposé au greffe du nou…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Preventing business difficulties, ad hoc mandates and conciliation procedures.

Article R611-11

The interview provided for in the first paragraph of Article L. 611-2, which is held without the presence of the court clerk, gives rise to the drawing up of minutes by the president of the court, whi…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
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