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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Halls, markets and public weights

Article L2573-31

I. - Articles L. 2224-18 to L. 2224-20 and article L. 2224-23 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II.II. - For the application of article L. 2…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Obligations of the guarantor

Article R7123-31

The formal notice referred to in article R. 7123-30 may be issued either by an employee or by a social security body or social institution, provided that their claims are certain, liquid and due. This…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Experts involved in voluntary sales of furniture by public auction

Article L321-31

The organiser of the sale shall ensure that the expert whose assistance he enlists complies with the obligations and prohibitions respectively set out in the first paragraph of Article L. 321-30 and t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Notification to the Banque de France of payment incidents and regularisations.

Article R131-31

The drawee notifies the Banque de France of the adjustment no later than the second business day following the justification. Where the account holder has been the subject of several non-payment notic…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Loans taken out and guarantees granted by the network's establishments.

Article R712-31

The authorisation of the acts mentioned in 2° of Article R. 712-7 is valid for a period of one year from the date of approval of the deliberations relating to these acts. At the end of this period, if…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Approval and supervision of pre-orientation and vocational education centres

Article R5213-31

The pre-orientation centres are placed under the control of the ministers responsible for social security, social action, employment, vocational training and, where applicable, agriculture, as well as…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Calculation methods for fiction, animation and audiovisual adaptations of live performances

Article 311-46

For works belonging to the genre of audiovisual adaptation of live performances, where the sums calculated exceed a ceiling corresponding to one and a half times the amount of the cash contribution fr…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Calculation methods for fiction, animation and audiovisual adaptations of live performances

Article 311-41

The amount of French hourly expenditure is calculated by dividing a duration of 60 minutes by the amount of the following expenditure incurred in France: 1° Remuneration and social security contributi…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Calculation methods for fiction, animation and audiovisual adaptations of live performances

Article 311-45

The coefficients applicable to works belonging to the genre of audiovisual adaptation of live performances are determined as follows: I.-The works are divided into two groups: 1° First group: works wh…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Calculation methods for fiction, animation and audiovisual adaptations of live performances

Article 311-43

The coefficients applicable to works in the fiction genre are determined as follows:I. - The works are divided into two groups:1° First group: works whose French hourly expenditure is equal to or grea…

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