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Showing 251260 of 45498 articles for Art. AN 23-2-2016 n° 78192

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 232-2

Cinematographic entertainment establishments meet the following conditions: 1° Be in compliance with the provisions relating to the siting and construction of cinematographic entertainment establishme…

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

Article 231-24

…ied as "young audience" is drawn up by the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée when the list of arthouse cinematographic works provided for in…

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

Article 231-13

For the classification and allocation of aid in year n, the reference period runs from film week 27 of year n-3 to film week 26 of year n-1. In the cases mentioned in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions for admission to the profession

Article L775-23

I.-Subject to the provisions of II, the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand colum…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Operation.

Article L2353-23

The employee representatives sitting on the European Company Committee shall inform the employee representatives of the establishments and subsidiaries of the European Company or, failing that, all th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 8-5-2 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLE A. 814-4)

Article Annexe 8-5-2

You can consult the full text with its images from the extract from the authenticated electronic Official Journal No 301 of 28 December 2016 text No 55 at the following address: https://www.legifrance…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: The introduction of a period allowing employees to make an offer in the event of the sale of a business in companies that are not required to set up a works council.

Article L141-23

In companies that are not obliged to set up a works council pursuant to article L. 2322-1 du code du travail, when the owner of a business wants to sell it, the employees are informed, and no later th…

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

Article 231-30

I.-In year n, the decision to award a classification, a label and a grant is taken after receiving the opinion of the art cinema commission meeting in a regional formation. The Chairman of the Centre…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Allocation of sums held in the automatic foreign promotion account

Article 721-23

…be invested to acquire the foreign exploitation rights to cinematographic works mentioned in 1°, 2° and 3° of article 721-6. These sums may not be invested when the foreign sales companies are also th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
XIV : Taxation of economic interest groupings and their members

Article 239 quater

I. - Economic interest groupings formed and operating under the conditions provided for in articles L. 251-1 to L. 251-23 of the French Commercial Code do not fall within the scope of 1 of article 206…

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