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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Tax on television service publishers and distributors

Article L115-8

The tax is payable upon receipt of the proceeds of public resources and payment of the other sums mentioned in 1° of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Promissory notes.

Article L512-8

Payment by promissory note is only permitted to the debtor if it has been expressly provided for by the parties and mentioned on the invoice. Even in this case, if the promissory note has not reached…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L2421-8

The persons mentioned in article L. 2421-6 may, in addition, purely and simply waive their rights. They are deemed to have waived them in the event of a refusal to acquire or lease or, in the absence…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety

Article L1313-8

The Agency employs staff governed by titles II, III or IV of the general status of civil servants as well as the staff mentioned in 1° and 2° of article L. 6152-1, teachers at the national veterinary…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Advertising

Article L312-8

In all written advertising, regardless of the medium used, the information relating to the annual percentage rate of charge, its fixed, variable or revisable nature, the total amount owed by the borro…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations of distributors

Article L251-8

The obligations resulting from Article…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Single chapter

Article L641-8

For the application of article…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Fines for companies landing foreign nationals without the required documents

Article L821-8

The fine provided for in article L. 821-6 may be imposed as many times as there are passengers concerned.It is not imposed:1° Where the foreign national has been admitted to French territory on the ba…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 11: Charges for the transport and distribution of electricity and gas and the transport of hydrocarbons and chemicals by pipeline

Article L2333-86

The fees referred to in article L. 2333-84 are subject to the five-year statute of limitations which begins to run from the date on which they became due. The four-year limitation period instituted by…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: The trade union committee.

Article L5212-8

The decision to establish or an amending decision may provide that the delegates appointed by the municipal councils of the communes that are members of the syndicat shall constitute a college for the…

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