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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Exceptional aid to help people return to work in 2021

Article 919-38

The granting of exceptional aid is subject to the provisions of national framework scheme no. SA.59722 authorised by the European Commission by decisions of 9 December 2020, 20 May 2020 C (2020) 3460…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Wines and ciders

Article 434

…roducts that do not meet the definition given, for wine, by Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of 17 May 1999, for other drinks by the decrees in the Council of State taken for the application of Ar…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Offences relating to savings products

Article L744-13

…ct no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 221-36 Order no. 2010 420 of 27 April 2010 L. 221-37 Act no. 2007-1774 of 17 December 2007 L. 221-38 law no. 2008-776 of 4 August 2008 L. 232-1Order no. 2016-520 of 2…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Taxes to be levied for the common fund for agricultural accidents at work

Article 1622

…tribution is calculated in proportion to the number of people insured with each of them on 31 March 2002, in application of article L. 752-1 of the Rural Code, as it read prior to 1 April 2002, and in…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Conditions of eligibility for family reunification

Article R434-5

…eight people;2° Meets the health and equipment conditions set out in articles 2 and 3 of decree no. 2002-120 of 30 January 2002 relating to the characteristics of decent housing taken for the applicat…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Special provisions for certain transfers

Article L1614-8-1

As from 1 January 2002, the costs transferred to the regions as a result of the transfer of powers provided for in Article 21-1 of the loi n° 82-1153 du 30 décembre 1982 d'orientation des transports i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Negotiable debt securities

Article D742-6

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table:Applicable art…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Negotiable debt securities

Article D743-6

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table:Applicable…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Negotiable debt securities

Article D744-6

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same tabl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Public policy.

Article L3133-1

The legal holidays listed below are public holidays: 1° 1st January ; 2° Easter Monday ; 3° 1st May ; 4° 8th May ; 5° Ascension Day ; 6° Whit Monday ; 7° 14th July 8° Assumption Day 9° All Saints' Day…

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