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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Tax deductions and reductions for overseas investments

Article D333-1

The rules relating to activities qualifying for the income tax reduction granted to taxpayers in respect of new productive investments made in the overseas departments, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin,…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Payment of social security contributions

Article 122-13

When certificates are requested by the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée from the beneficiary of financial assistance, the latter shall send it certificates that are less than six months…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 4: Public contracts awarded by a contracting entity to a joint venture

Article L2511-9

The rules laid down in Title II shall apply to public contracts concluded by a body set up exclusively by contracting entities to carry out one or more of the activities of a network operator with one…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter IV: Performance of the concession contract by third parties

Article L3134-3

Concession contracts, with the exception of those relating to rail passenger transport mentioned in Chapter I of Title II of Book I of Part Two of the Transport Code covered by Article 5(3) of Regulat…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 4: Concession contracts awarded by a contracting entity to a joint venture

Article L3211-9

Concession contracts concluded by a body set up exclusively by contracting entities to carry out one or more of the activities of a network operator with one of these contracting entities, as well as…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Firm prices

Article R2112-9

A firm price is a price which remains unchanged for the duration of the contract.A contract is concluded at a firm price when this form of price is not such as to expose the parties to major uncertain…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to various commercial companies.

Article L229-1

European Companies registered in France in the Trade and Companies Register shall have legal personality from the date of their registration. The European Company shall be governed by the provisions o…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Patent rights

Article L613-5-1

As an exception to the provisions of Articles L. 613-2-2 and L. 613-2-3, the sale or any other act of commercialisation of plant reproductive material by the patent holder, or with his consent, to a f…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Mortgages

Article L313-60

In the event of default by the lessee in the performance of a contract governed by this section, the lessor shall be entitled to demand, in addition to the payment of rents due and unpaid, compensatio…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title II: SAFETY

Article L424-1

The terms and conditions under which, when a breach of food safety regulations is detected, the expenditure relating to additional controls, as defined in Article 28 of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of…

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