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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Duties, conditions of access and exercise and incompatibilities.

Article L812-5-1

…sion as an employee of a natural or legal person registered on the list provided for in Article L. 812-2. A natural person registered on this list may not employ more than two salaried judicial repres…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Mission, conditions of access and exercise and incompatibilities.

Article L811-7-1

…sion as an employee of a natural or legal person registered on the list provided for in article L. 811-2. A natural person registered on this list may not employ more than two salaried court-appointed…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Work and holidays.

Article R6152-519-1

Assistants are also entitled to 1° To special leave of absence in the cases and under the conditions provided for in 8° of article R. 6152-35 ; 2° Unpaid family solidarity leave under the conditions s…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Issue of the licence and prior declaration

Article R7123-10-2

…to the Agreement on the European Economic Area must produce the documents mentioned in article R. 7123-10-1 in support of its licence application. If this agency has obtained a title of equivalent ef…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Exemptions granted by the Prefect

Article R3132-20-1

I. - To qualify as a commercial area within the meaning of article L. 3132-25-1, the area for which a request for demarcation or modification has been made must meet the following criteria:1° Constitu…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter II: Ethics

Article 132-3

Committee members may not take part in the deliberations if they have a direct or indirect interest in the subject of those deliberations.If a committee member is in a conflict of interest situation w…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Title I: PURPOSE AND SCOPE

Article 110-3

…c or private entities. The international agreements, regulatory texts or conventions that institute and organise this aid are mentioned by the provisions of these general regulations to which they ref…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 3: Conditions for payment and repayment of financial aid

Article 121-3

The receipt and payment of financial aid are subject to compliance with the conditions under which it is awarded and compliance with the conditions for carrying out the project or the expenditure cove…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special provisions for the automatic cinema exhibition account

Article 123-3

For the allocation of automatic financial aid for the creation and modernisation of cinemas, the automatic cinema exhibition account is opened for each cinema in the name of the owner of the business…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Application for financial assistance

Article 122-3

In order to examine the application, the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée may request any additional information or document of any kind. Such information or documents are communicated t…

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