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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to securitisation undertakings

Article L214-175-2

…is evidenced by a written contract. This contract contains in particular the information necessary to enable the depositary to fulfil its duties. The custodian is a credit institution established in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Decision to award employability assistance.

Article L5134-23-1

An exception may be made to the maximum duration for which aid for professional integration is granted, in accordance with the terms and conditions laid down by regulation, either when the aid concern…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Decision to award employability assistance.

Article L5134-21-1

The decision to award a new subsidised employment contract as referred to in article L. 5134-19-1 is subject to a prior assessment of the support measures and measures aimed at the long-term integrati…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Funding bodies

Article D214-232-1

…ertakings are excluded from the scope of II of article L. 214-167 : 1° Economic loan funds referred to in I ofarticle R. 332-14-2 of the Insurance Code; 2° Undertakings constituting one or more securi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Exposure to asbestos in buildings.

Article R1337-2-1

Owners of the buildings referred to in articles R. 1334-16 to R. 1334-18 who fail to carry out the visual inspection and measurement of dust levels required in the first sentence of article R. 1334-29…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Acquisition of French nationality by declaration of nationality

Article 21-13-2

French nationality may be claimed at the age of majority, by declaration made to the administrative authority pursuant to articles 26 to 26-5, persons who have been habitually resident on French terri…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Approval of the employer referred to in 5° of Article L. 7124-1

Article R7124-19-2

…ode of operation are determined in section 3 of this chapter. It may also suspend approval pursuant to article R. 7124-19-4. The authorisation includes the name of the child authorised to work with th…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK III: Certain forms of sale and exclusivity clauses.

Article Annexe 3-2-1

ATTESTATION PROVIDED FOR BY ARTICLE R. 321-1-I (2°) OF THE CODE DE COMMERCE OPERATOR OF VOLUNTARY SALES OF FURNITURE AT PUBLIC AUCTION INCLUDING BY ELECTRONIC MEANS Individual I, the undersigned Born…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article 123-2

The automatic accounts are known as: 1° For the allocation of automatic financial aid for the production and preparation of long-term cinematographic works: "compte automatique production cinéma"; 2°…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Conditions relating to the amount of remuneration paid to authors, performers and producers

Article 211-19

Production companies may not invest the sums entered in their automatic cinema production account for the production of feature films or benefit from the selective financial aid provided for in sectio…

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