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

Article 916-39

To be eligible for aid, companies or organisations must be established in France.

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

Article 916-38

…r to contribute, in the context of the health crisis, to the revival of ambitious film, audiovisual and multimedia production and to the development and consolidation of a fabric of companies establis…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Work involving exposure to dangerous chemical agents

Article D4152-10

It is prohibited to assign or maintain pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers in workstations exposing them to the following chemical agents: 1° Chemical agents that meet the criteria for classifica…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Conditions for registration on the lists of judicial representatives.

Article R812-18-3

…n internship report in which he or she describes the procedures in which he or she has participated and the actions he or she has taken, as well as an internship dissertation on an economics, law or m…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Negotiating committee

Article D7343-97

Each employees' organisation has two seats in the employees' college. It appoints its representatives from among the representatives mentioned in Article D. 7343-61. It may appoint an alternate from a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Customs officers responsible for certain judicial police duties

Article R15-33-18

Customs officers performing judicial police duties pursuant to Article 28-1 are directed as appropriate either by the public prosecutor or by the requesting investigating judge. On the occasion of a j…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Accounting (R)

Article D3342-10

…'s accountant is solely responsible for:1° Taking all necessary steps to collect revenues, legacies and donations and other resources allocated to the department's service;2° Taking, against debtors i…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Accounting

Article D4342-10

…on is solely responsible for:1° Taking all necessary steps for the collection of revenues, legacies and donations and other resources allocated to the service of the region;2° Taking, against debtors…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Management of old or orphan radioactive sources

Article D1333-103

The following sites and facilities implement radioactivity detection means and management procedures:1° Hazardous and non-hazardous waste storage facilities mentioned in article…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Nomination, election and status of members

Article D2352-9

…nt is calculated equal to the total number of elected representatives of this college in the social and economic committees or establishment social and economic committees of the companies, subsidiari…

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