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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession of medical electroradiology manipulator

Article L4351-6

…oradiology technician ; 2° Persons performing the duties of medical electroradiology manipulator on 25 July 1984 or having performed these duties before this date for a period of at least six months a…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 722-13

…e 722-11 relating to series or collections of audiovisual works, direct allocations are granted for 25% of the total duration of these series and collections.However, when production companies and dis…

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

Article 919-33

…annual distribution programme or structural aid, as provided for in articles 223-5, 223-11 and 223-25, during 2021;4° Have distributed cinematographic works which have achieved, cumulatively, a numbe…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Tax fines

Article 1764

…residential use mentioned in II of Article 238 octies A is liable for a fine in an amount equal to 25% of the transfer value of the elevation right.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Search of the file and direct information to the Ministry of the Interior

Article R50-52

I.-Pursuant to the provisions of 3° of Article 706-25-9, the authorities, agents or services mentioned in II may directly query the file, via a secure electronic communication system, based solely on…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Increases.

Article L7422-9

…increased, unless a collective labour agreement or arrangement stipulates otherwise: 1° by at least 25% for the first two hours worked ; 2° By at least 50% for the following hours. The entitlement of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Disputes

Article R2372-18

…nvestigated and judged in accordance with the procedures set out in articles R. 2324-24 and R. 2324-25. However, the dispute is lodged: 1° Within a period of fifteen days from the notification of the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article D4425-26

The accumulated result defined in article D. 4425-25 is allocated, when it is a surplus: 1° As a priority, to reserves to cover the financing requirement of the investment section arising at the close…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Award conditions

Article R5424-72

…exception of income declared in respect of the self-employed activity mentioned in article L. 5424-25, the insurance allowance and the specific solidarity allowance, and before deduction of the vario…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General principles

Article L1142-1-1

…icle L. 1142-1 corresponding to a permanent impairment of physical or mental integrity of more than 25% determined by reference to the scale mentioned in II of the same article, as well as deaths caus…

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