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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4: Recovery and control

Article L115-25

…article L. 115-4 and the fourth paragraph of…

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

Article L115-12

…articles L. 115-10 et L. 115-11; 2° The tax due in respect of…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Organisation of certain film screenings

Article L214-6

…Article L. 214-1, which consist in the performance of long-running cinematographic works, may only be organi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Securities giving access to the capital or giving entitlement to the allotment of debt securities

Article L228-98

…unless authorised to do so by the contract of issue or under the conditions provided for in Article L. 228-103.In addition, it may not change the rules governing the allocation of its profits, nor amo…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Other signs identifying origin and quality

Article L432-2

It is forbidden:1° To issue a red label without satisfying the conditions set out in article L. 642-3 du code rural et de la pêche maritime;2° To issue a red label that has not been subject to the app…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE

Article L632-7

…reservations set out in these articles, in the categories mentioned in 1°, 2°, 3° and 4° of article L. 631-3 and fall within the scope of articles L. 423-1 or L. 423-7 or Chapter IV of Title III of Bo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Funeral operations

Article L2223-20

…ns of the régies and companies or associations authorised to provide the services listed in Article L. 2223-19. These regulations determine: 1° The conditions under which information is provided to fa…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Approval of financial holding companies, mixed financial holding companies and parent companies of finance companies

Article L517-12

The financial holding companies referred to in the fourth and fifth paragraphs of Article L. 517-1, the parent undertakings of finance companies referred to in the sixth and seventh paragraphs of Arti…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Approvals and changes to shareholdings

Article L612-22

…de résolution is the subject of an in-depth review pursuant to the last paragraph of III of Article L. 430-5 of the French Commercial Code, the Autorité de la concurrence shall obtain the opinion of t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Electoral colleges.

Article L2314-13

…nt between the employer and the trade union organisations concluded under the conditions of article L. 2314-6.This agreement mentions the proportion of women and men making up each electoral college.W…

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