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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: List of reference works

Article 311-29

…genres of fiction, animation, creative documentary and audiovisual adaptation of live performances; 2° Where works belong to the creative documentary genre and are inserted within programming slots de…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Group Medical Committee

Article D6132-9-2

Subject to the provisions of article L. 6144-1, the medical committees of all or some of the institutions involved may delegate some of their powers mentioned in articles R. 6144-1 to R. 6144-1-2 to t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Employment obligation

Article D5212-2

The number of beneficiaries of the employment obligation who must be employed is calculated by multiplying the number of employees subject to the obligation by the employment obligation rate defined i…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D1-2

The procedures for applying the victim's right to assistance by an interpreter and to translation, referred to in 7° of Article 10-2 and in Article 10-3, are set out in articles D. 594-12 to D. 594-16…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article R3252-2

…article L. 3252-2, is set as follows:1° One-twentieth, on the portion less than or equal to €4,170 ;2° One tenth, on the portion greater than €4,170 and less than or equal to €8,140;3° One-fifth, on t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Common provisions

Article L1447-2

For the application of article L. 1434-12-2 in Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, references to the General Tax Code are replaced by references to locally applicable texts wi…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Composition and operation of the Steering Committee

Article R1221-26

…ng Committee: 1° Appoints a chairman from among the members sitting under 1° of Article R. 1221-23; 2° Draw up its own rules of procedure.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definition, approval or authorisation of the manager

Article R425-2

…eriod of three months following the date of receipt of the application; the decision referred to in 2° arises at the end of a period of one month.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-subparagraph 1: Declarations for registration purposes

Article R123-259

…e and date of the legal gazette in which the insertion required by Article L. 141-12 was published. 2° For companies in the trades and crafts sector, the status of craftsman or craftswoman provided fo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Training in health, safety and working conditions

Article L2315-22-1

…article L. 2315-18 may be paid for by the skills operator under the financial section mentioned in 2° of article L. 6332-3, in accordance with the procedures laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat…

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