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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Minimum working hours and overtime

Article L3123-20

…time employee's contract and calculated, where applicable, over the period provided for by a collective agreement concluded on the basis of article L. 3121-44.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Minimum working hours and overtime

Article L3123-29

In the absence of an agreement as provided for in Article L. 3123-21, the rate of increase for overtime is 10% for each overtime hour worked up to one tenth of the hours provided for in the employment…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Minimum working hours and overtime

Article L3123-21

An agreement or an extended branch agreement may stipulate the rate of increase for each of the overtime hours worked within the limit set in article L. 3123-20. This rate may not be less than 10%.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Minimum working hours and overtime

Article L3123-28

…d by a part-time employee during the same week or month or over the period provided for by a collective agreement concluded on the basis of Article L. 3121-44 may not exceed one tenth of the weekly or…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Minimum working hours and overtime

Article L3123-27

…e for part-time employees is set at twenty-four hours per week or, where applicable, the monthly equivalent thereof or the equivalent calculated over the period provided for by a collective agreement…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Derogations on a geographical basis

Article L3132-24

…ial assessment of the practice of opening shops that has developed as a result of this demarcation. IV -A decree in the Council of State will determine the terms and conditions for the application of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Derogations on a geographical basis

Article L3132-25

Retail establishments which provide goods and services and which are located in tourist areas characterised by a particularly large influx of tourists may provide weekly rest in rotation for all or so…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Conditions relating to aid intensity

Article 221-5

The total amount of public financial aid granted for the distribution of a given cinematographic work may not exceed 50% of the distribution company's financial investment.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Conditions relating to aid intensity

Article 221-6

Derogations from the 50% threshold for public financial aid may be granted by the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, up to a limit of 70% and at the reasoned request of t…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Commission for complementary structural aid

Article 223-41

The Commission des aides complémentaires à la structure is made up of four members, including a chairman, appointed for a renewable term of one year.

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