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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Additional responsibilities in companies with fewer than three hundred employees.

Article L2143-22

…on representative on the social and economic committee.In this capacity, the trade union delegate receives the information provided to the social and economic committee.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Investment of sums held in the automatic cinema distribution account

Article 222-11

…uction approval is not granted within eight months of the issue of the cinematographic exhibition licence, the financial aid is definitively allocated and the sums are calculated and entered in the di…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Investment of sums held in the automatic cinema distribution account

Article 222-10

The investment by distribution companies of the sums registered in their automatic cinema distribution account is subject to the issue of a distribution authorisation. This approval is issued after ve…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Investment of sums held in the automatic cinema distribution account

Article 222-13

…222-8, the decision to award automatic financial assistance is taken after consulting the approval committee, taking into account the size of the distributio…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Investment of sums held in the automatic cinema distribution account

Article 222-12

For the distribution of an audiovisual work that has received automatic or selective financial support for audiovisual production, the decision to award automatic financial support is taken after cons…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Joint ventures formed by professionals covered by Titles I, II, IV and VII of this Book.

Article D4381-24

…e joint venture, together with its name, is indicated in the professional documents and correspondence of each partner.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 5 : Groupings, agreements and commitments and commitments

Article L212-24

I.-The approval provided for in 1° and 2° of article L. 212-23 is issued by the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée on the basis of the compliance of programming commitment…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Approval.

Article D325-22

Family holiday homes that meet the conditions listed in this sub-section may be approved in accordance with the procedures laid down by an order issued jointly by the ministers responsible for social…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 2: Attachment

Article R222-22

…g the same signatures as the original shall be given to him immediately. This is equivalent to service. If the holder was not present during the seizure operations, a copy of the document is served on…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transferable securities issued by joint stock companies.

Article L228-22

The cancellation of the company or of a share issue does not render null and void any negotiations that took place prior to the cancellation decision, if the securities are regular in form. However, t…

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