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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Single chapter: Legal deposit obligation

Article A241-3

The rules relating to the representation threshold for imported videograms are set out in the provisions of the decree of 21 November 1995 setting the threshold provided for in article 28 (2°) of decr…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Sporting events on public roads or roads open to public traffic not involving land motor vehicles

Article A331-5

The competent administrative authority issues a declaration receipt to the organiser when the application is complete, no later than three weeks before the date of the event. If necessary, it will sen…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Judicial police

Article A36-5

The material organisation of the technical examination relating to the performance of certain judicial police duties by customs officers, and in particular the supply of copies and composition forms a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Voluntary sales of movable property by public auction

Article A321-30

The council of auction houses shall ensure sufficient publicity, at least four months in advance, of the date set for the test, in particular by insertions in professional journals, by posting in its…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK VII: Commercial jurisdictions and the organisation of commerce.

Article A750-9

The right of access and rectification provided for in articles 39 and 40 of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and civil liberties is exercised with the heads of…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Composition and management of the plan.

Article L3332-17

The rules of the company savings plan provide that part of the sums collected may be allocated to the acquisition of units in funds invested, within the limits provided for in article L. 214-164 of th…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Negotiations on pay, working time and the sharing of added value

Article L2242-15

The annual negotiations on pay, working time and the sharing of added value within the company cover : 1° Actual salaries ; 2° The actual duration and organisation of working time, in particular the i…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Document prévisionnel de gestion des emplois et des crédits de personnel (forward-looking document for managing jobs and staff appropriations)

Article A114-7

Within one month of the forwarding of the provisional document on the management of jobs and staff appropriations provided for in the first two paragraphs of article A. 114-5, the regional director re…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Election of members of territorial and regional chambers of commerce and industry

Article A713-5

The ballot papers shall specify, for each candidate, titular or substitute: a) His surname and usual forename; b) Profession or sector of activity; > c) Municipality in which he/she is active c) The c…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Voluntary sales of movable property by public auction

Article A321-32

…ramme for which is set out in Annex 3-5 to this book, comprises a maximum of three interviews, each lasting twenty minutes, dealing respectively with legal matters, the practice of voluntary sales of…

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