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Showing 661670 of 66453 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. 19-9-2007 n° 06-15.295 and Cass. civ. 3-10-2019 n° 18-22.945 F-D

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Registration of members of the profession and non-practising graduates

Article D4311-99

…ractice, management or monitoring of the activity of nurses, the competent departments of the State and the public establishments of the State placed under the supervision of the Minister responsible…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Applying for leave as part of a career transition project

Article D6323-10-5

…Social Security Code, the employer's authorisation mentioned in article R. 6323-10 must be express and accompanied by an agreement relating to the co-financing mentioned in 3° of article D. 6323-9-2.…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article D3142-9

If the leave is split, the minimum duration of each period of leave is half a day.

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Measures to boost audiovisual production

Article 916-35

In order to relaunch the production and preparation of audiovisual works, direct allocations are granted in addition to the sums invested pursuant to Articles 211-66 and 311-57, in respect of applicat…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Measures to boost audiovisual production

Article 916-36

In order to encourage new audiovisual projects, the limit provided for in article 311-74 is raised to 50% for 2021.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Measures to boost audiovisual production

Article 916-34

…conditions set out in 1° to 4° of article 311-29, have been the subject in 2020 of a duly completed and certified acceptance of their final version by a television service publisher or by a publisher…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Certification and publication of the accounts of trade unions and professional employers' organisations

Article D2135-9

…t paragraph, the amount of subsidies, income of any kind from ordinary activities, financial income and membership fees shall be taken into account. However, deductions are made from the latter amount…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Private equity funds.

Article D214-80-10

The amount of the fees and commissions mentioned in the second paragraph of VII of article 885-0 V bis of the General Tax Code charged in respect of the same payment mentioned in 1 to 3 of I or 1 of I…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title IV: Other service providers

Article D54-10-2

…nformation to the Autorité des marchés financiers: 1° The identity of the persons referred to in 1° and 2° of Article L. 54-10-3, documents relating to the good repute of these persons, in particular…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title IV: Other service providers

Article D54-10-1

…rty, the means of access to the digital assets registered in the shared electronic recording device and keeping a register of positions, opened in the name of the third party, corresponding to its rig…

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