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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Payment.

Article D5522-53

The job creation premium, worth 34,650 euros, is paid annually according to the following scale:1° During each of the first three calendar years: 5,500 euros;2° During each of the following three cale…

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French Civil Aviation CodeIn force
BOOK VI: MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.

Article R611-5

…L. 611-5 is payable by any person applying for the issue or renewal of an airwor…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General conditions

Article 311-5

…ion:1° Fiction;2° Animation;3° Creative documentary;4° Audiovisual adaptation of a live performance;5° Magazine of particular interest of an essentially cultural nature;6° Videomusic.The works must be…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Regional health agency.

Article L6431-5

…lting from the status of salaried employee does not apply to the staff representatives mentioned in 5° to 6° of article L. 6431-2.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Creation and communication of documents and information relating to the presence of asbestos

Article R1334-29-5

…or departments mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 1312-1, Articles L. 1421-1 and L. 1435-7 and the second paragraph of Article L. 1422-1 ;b) Labour inspectors referred to inArticle L. 811…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Local tax on companies operating ski lift equipment.

Article L2333-53

…he municipal tax are allocated, subject to the provisions of the first paragraph of article L. 2333-52 : 1° A des interventions favorisant le développement agricole et forestier en montagne ; 2° Aux d…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Transparency and disclosure requirements

Article L326-5

…ons, which may not be less than two months before the general meeting referred to in article L. 323-5, are set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: French Development Agency

Article R773-5

…e right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 515-5 to R. 515-16n° 2017-582 of 20 April 2017R. 515-17No. 2019-742 of 16 July 2019R. 515-18 to R. 5…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: French Development Agency

Article R774-5

…e right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 515-5 to R. 515-16n° 2017-582 of 20 April 2017R. 515-17No. 2019-742 of 16 July 2019R. 515-18 to R. 5…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Individual justification for medical procedures using ionising radiation

Article R1333-53

…the planned exposure, in particular any pregnancy;4° Previous examinations or procedures performed;5° Any information required to comply with the optimisation principle mentioned in 2° of Article L.…

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