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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…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article 123-2

The automatic accounts are known as: 1° For the allocation of automatic financial aid for the production and preparation of long-term cinematographic works: "compte automatique production cinéma"; 2°…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Validation and controls carried out by the registrars of the commercial courts or the judicial courts ruling on commercial matters

Article R123-272

The clerk of the commercial court or of the judicial court ruling in commercial matters validates the following information and documents: 1° For natural persons, those mentioned in articles R. 123-24…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Validation and controls carried out by the registrars of the commercial courts or the judicial courts ruling on commercial matters

Article R123-270

Validation of the entries of information and filings of documents provided for in Article L. 123-41, as well as the checks provided for in Article L. 123-42, are carried out by the registrar of the co…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Validation and controls carried out by the departmental or multidepartmental mutual benefit funds for agriculture (caisses départementales ou pluridépartementales de mutualité sociale agricole)

Article R123-286

The caisse départementale ou pluridépartementale de mutualité sociale agricole validates the following information and documents: 1° For natural persons, those mentioned in article R. 123-243, in 1° t…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-subparagraph 3: Filings attached to the National Register of Companies

Article R123-266

The legal entity must file a certified copy of the following documents in the appendix to the National Register of Companies: 1° The deeds of incorporation of the legal entities referred to in article…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-subparagraph 2: Declarations for the purposes of secondary registration outside the jurisdiction of the principal place of business.

Article R123-65

The application for secondary registration shall state the information referred to in 1° and 2° of Article R. 123-237, as well as: 1° For companies, the information provided for in 1°, 2° and 4° of ar…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Validation and checks carried out by the presidents of the chambers of trades and crafts

Article R123-278

The president of the regional chamber of trades and crafts or, by delegation, the president of the departmental level chamber of trades and crafts validates the following information and documents: 1°…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Registrations and amending registrations carried out ex officio

Article R123-306

The registered person may, within six months of the deletion made pursuant to articles R. 123-304 and R. 123-305, as long as it demonstrates that it has regularised its situation, refer the matter to…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Presentation of declarations.

Article R123-84

Applications are drawn up in the forms defined by Article R. 123-3 and sent by the single body defined in Article R. 123-1 to the registry of the competent court.They are accompanied by the deeds and…

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