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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 231-7

…% of the amount of selective aid awarded when two labels are granted, but not less than 300 euros;- 6% of the amount of selective aid awarded when three labels are granted, but not less than 600 euros…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Remuneration of deposits and consignments

Article L518-23

The rate and method of calculation of interest on deposit accounts opened with the Caisse des dépôts et consignations and on sums deposited with the said Caisse are set by decision of the General Mana…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and internal control

Article L533-29-2

…d of directors, the supervisory board or any other body exercising equivalent supervisory functions and the persons referred to in Article L. 532-2(4) must devote sufficient time to carrying out the d…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Machinery

Article R4311-4-6

…e is a removable component designed to transmit power between a self-propelled machine or a tractor and another machine by connecting them to the first fixed bearing. When this device is placed on the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Declared funds.

Article R214-206-1

Articles R. 214-203-1 to R. 214-203-9 apply to professional private equity funds.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Holders

Article L224-24

…tegories are constituted on the basis of the objective criteria mentioned in 4° of II of article L. 242-1 of the Social Security Code. The compulsory retirement savings plan may also be set up as an i…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Public industrial and commercial services

Article R2224-22-2

The mayor shall acknowledge receipt, including by electronic means, of the initial declaration and the information supplementing it as soon as possible and no later than one month after the date of re…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO THE AUTHORITIES GOVERNED BY ARTICLE 73 OF THE CONSTITUTION AND TO SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON

Article R*651-6

The competent authority in the cases provided for in article R.* 632-2 is the State representative.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Jobseekers

Article D6341-28-2

Self-employed persons and persons seeking employment who do not fall into the category defined in article D. 6341-28-1 receive, when they are following a training course approved under the conditions…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Recognition of judicial review decisions

Article 696-77

…ing from the notification given to the competent authority of the issuing State pursuant to Article 696-72, the liberty and custody judge shall decide whether to recognise the decision to place the pe…

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