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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article L5211-25-1

In the event of withdrawal of the competence transferred to a public establishment of inter-municipal cooperation:1° The movable and immovable assets made available to the establishment benefiting fro…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Audiovisual production contract

Article L132-25-1

Agreements dealing with contractual practices or professional customs between authors and producers, concluded between professional authors' organisations or collective management organisations mentio…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 312-17

Aid is awarded in the form of a grant, the amount of which is set as follows:1° For concept aid for fiction projects, the amount of aid is set at €7,500;2° For concept aid for animation projects, the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Social security.

Article L2123-25-1

When an elected official who receives an official allowance and who has not interrupted any professional activity cannot effectively carry out his duties in the event of illness, maternity, paternity…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Audiovisual production contract

Article L132-25-2

I.-One or more agreements relating to the remuneration of authors concluded between the professional authors' organisations, the collective management organisations mentioned in Title II of Book III o…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Consumer rights

Article L224-25-16

I.-Defects in conformity which become apparent within twelve months of the digital content or digital service being supplied are presumed to have existed at the time of that supply, in the absence of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 9: Reimbursement of a payment transaction ordered by the payee or by the payer who gives a payment order via the payee

Article L133-25-2

The payer and his payment service provider may agree in the deposit account agreement or in the framework agreement for payment services that the payer is not entitled to a refund where he has given h…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Implementation of the legal guarantee of conformity

Article L224-25-18

In the event of lack of conformity, the consumer is entitled to demand that the digital content or digital service be brought into conformity with the criteria set out in paragraph 1 of this subsectio…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions relating to the creation process

Article D331-25-1

For the "Contextualisation of violence" group, points for each of the sequences in the game are awarded as follows: 1° The violence is disproportionate and gratuitous: 1 point; 2° The violence is crud…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4 - Individual right to training

Article R7125-25-1

Training courses eligible under the individual right are training courses relating to the exercise of the mandate of the councillor to the Assembly of French Guyana and training courses contributing t…

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