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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Single section: Film ombudsman

Article R213-3

…ost diligent party, who shall submit to the mediator in writing or orally a request setting out the points at issue in the dispute. The matter may also be referred to the mediator by any interested pr…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Special rules for supplementary occupational pension contracts

Article R332-63-1

Where, in the context of the transactions referred to in Article L. 143-1, the insurance undertakings referred to in Article L. 310-1 use references to credit ratings issued by credit rating agencies…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies

Article L233-25

Subject to justification in the notes to the financial statements, the consolidated financial statements may be drawn up on a different date from that of the annual financial statements of the consoli…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Definition of property income

Article 14

…Any commercial or industrial installations assimilated to constructions; c Vessels used at a fixed point and fitted out for habitation, trade or industry, even if they are only held by moorings. 2° I…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions relating to the creation process

Article D331-41

For the purposes of the points scales set out in this paragraph : 1° "Main venues" means the five venues with the greatest number of scenes; 2° "French-speaking country" means any member state of the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: The National Institute of Industrial Property

Article R411-34

…rticles R. 411-29, R. 411-30 and R. 411-32 and in the first paragraph shall constitute the starting point of the time limit available to that party for submitting its pleadings to the court registry.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Rent.

Article R145-8

From the point of view of the respective obligations of the parties, restrictions on the enjoyment of the premises and obligations normally incumbent on the lessor, which the lessor would have dischar…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article D47-12-2

…udge of the provisions of Article R. 53-37 providing for the statements of persons heard at several points in the territory to be transcribed into different minutes, this shall be done in one of the t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Judicial police officers

Article A15

…No one may be considered to have passed the examination if they do not score a total of at least 60 points, for all three tests combined.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Judicial police officers

Article A4

…iminatory. No one may be considered to have passed the examination if they do not score at least 60 points for all three tests together.

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