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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Investment recommendations produced or disseminated as part of a journalistic activity

Article L621-33

…de of conduct referred to in the same article.Notwithstanding Articles 42 et seq. of Act 86-1067 of 30 September 1986 on freedom of communication, when the Autorité de Régulation de la Communication A…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Allocation of the resources of the inter-municipal equalisation fund.

Article R2573-45

…ants and partly taking into account their expenses.The population criterion is involved in at least 30% of the amount of the non-allocated portion of the fund.The burdens of the communes are assessed…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Informing the administrative authority.

Article L1233-46

…day after the date scheduled for the first meeting provided for in articles L. 1233-29 and L. 1233-30. The notification shall be accompanied by all information concerning the convening, agenda and ho…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: European investigation decisions under Directive 2014/41/EU of 3 April 2014

Article 694-18

…a European Investigation Order may be issued for that purpose; 2° Where Articles 695-9-1 to 695-9-30 on the freezing of property liable to confiscation, where the request for seizure of such propert…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Permanent derogation as of right.

Article L3132-13

…pers and craftsmen, employees deprived of Sunday rest are entitled to remuneration that is at least 30% higher than the remuneration normally due for equivalent time.

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

Article 411-92

…nt.When aid is awarded jointly to a production company and a director, a fraction equal to at least 30% of the amount is paid to the director, without prejudice to the share that may be awarded to him…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Transport.

Article L4413-3

…of the town planning code and the mobility plan provided for in Article 28-3 of Law no. 82-1153 of 30 December 1982 on the orientation of domestic transport.To this end, the Ile-de-France region shal…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Sale of a business.

Article D141-4

The information provided to employees mentioned in articles L. 141-25and L. 141-30 may be carried out as follows: 1° During an employee information meeting at the end of which employees sign the atten…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-21-1

A director may become an employee of a public limited company on whose board he sits if, at the close of a financial year, that company does not exceed the thresholds defining small and medium-sized e…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Foreign nationals enrolled in a mobility programme

Article L422-4

A foreign national who has been admitted to reside in another Member State of the European Union and enrolled in a mobility programme in accordance with Directive (EU) 2016/801 of the European Parliam…

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