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Showing 14911500 of 31530 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 19-5-1981 n° 79-14.882

French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-19 (art. A322-78)

You can consult the files at the following address(Official Journal of the European Union No. 45 of 22 February 2012, text No. 44): https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/download/pdf?id=II6wG-ToNyv0Gzqpt8HVX…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national judicial database for perpetrators of sexual or violent offences

Article 706-53-5

Any person whose identity is recorded in the file shall be subject, as a security measure, to the obligations set out in this article. The person is required, either, if he or she resides abroad, to c…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 57

Subject to articles 56-1 to 56-5 and to respect for professional secrecy and the rights of the defence mentioned in article 56, the operations prescribed by the said article shall be carried out in th…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article R132-5-5

I.-Without prejudice to the obligations referred to in the last paragraph of article L. 132-8, for the application of the first paragraph of article L. 132-27-2, the date on which the insurance undert…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Compensation for distribution costs

Article 917-5

Exceptional aid is granted in the form of direct allocations to distribution companies in order to compensate for part of the expenditure they have incurred in distributing cinematographic works whose…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Increased rates for calculating sums representing automatic aid

Article 919-51

For the period between 29 December 2021 and 29 March 2022, the rates are set at :- 290.40% when the amount of revenue generated by feature films is less than or equal to €307,500;- 155.21% when the am…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Increased rates for calculating sums representing automatic aid

Article 919-50

For the period between 29 September 2021 and 28 December 2021, the rates are set at :- 273.99% when the total revenue from feature films is less than or equal to €307,500;- 150.69% when the total reve…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Exceptional entry of sums on the automatic account

Article 919-59

In order to take account of the difficulties of investment linked to the deteriorated conditions in which cinematographic works are shown in cinemas and to encourage the distribution of new works, sum…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Exemption from payroll taxes

Article D6243-5

The ceiling mentioned in article L. 6243-2 is equal to 79% of the minimum growth wage in force for the month in question.

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Marinas and anchorages.

Article R341-5

Independently of offences relating to the conservation of the public domain, which remain subject to the "contravention de grande voirie" system, breaches of the provisions of the mooring regulations…

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