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Showing 26212630 of 10664 articles for Art. CJEU – Pronuptia – Case 161/84 – 28 Jan. 1986

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Single section: Film ombudsman

Article R213-4

When examining each case, the mediator shall invite the parties to provide him with all the details he deems necessary and may hear any person whose testimony he deems useful.The mediator and the qual…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3142-20

…reement of his employer, convert this leave into a period of part-time work or split it up. In this case, the employee must notify his employer at least forty-eight hours before the date on which he i…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Conditions relating to aid intensity

Article 311-18

…eparation of a given audiovisual work may not exceed 40% of the final cost of that work and, in the case of an international co-production, 40% of the French participation.The aid may not have the eff…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: Purpose and award conditions

Article 622-7

…nted in application of this chapter may not:1° Exceed 50% of the final cost of the work and, in the case of an international co-production, 50% of the French participation;2° Have the effect of increa…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Appeals

Article R743-16

The decision declaring the appeal inadmissible in the case provided for in article R. 743-14 or rejecting the statement of appeal in the case provided for in article R. 743-15 shall be handed down by…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book V: Enforcement procedures

Article 734

The court or tribunal imposing a sentence may, in the cases and under the conditions provided for in the articles 132-29 to 132-57 of the Penal Code, order that its execution be stayed. The court may…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title I bis: Priority question on constitutionality

Article R*49-32

The president of the panel to which the case is distributed or his delegate, at the request of one of the parties or of his own motion, may, in urgent cases, reduce the time limit provided for in arti…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Electronic communication and examination of appeals

Article R2333-120-58

When the case is decided after a hearing by a judge ruling alone, the minutes of the decision are signed by the judge and by the court clerk. In the absence of a hearing, it is signed only by the magi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Availability of beneficiaries' rights.

Article R3324-23

…request for early liquidation must be made within six months of the triggering event, except in the case of termination of the employment contract, death, invalidity, domestic violence or overindebted…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Establishment conditions.

Article R4532-77

…and the number of companies, including self-employed workers and subcontractors, exceeds ten in the case of a building project or five in the case of a civil engineering project. This constitution is…

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