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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Registration and publication of deeds, agreements and judgements

Article L123-2

…projects for which the title has previously been filed under the conditions provided for in Article L. 122-2, may be entered in the register of options, at the request of the most diligent party, and…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval

Article L511-16

In the cases provided for in Articles L. 511-15 and L. 511-15-1, the funds repayable from the public referred to in Article L. 312-2 and the other repayable funds are repaid by the credit institution…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: POWERS

Article L3642-3

I. - For the application of articles L. 511-5, L. 512-4, L. 512-5, L. 512-6 et L. 513-1 of the Internal Security Code to the metropolis of Lyon:1° The reference to the public establishment for inter-m…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II : Special financing arrangements

Article L4332-1

…e costs of vocational training are compensated in accordance with the procedure set out in Articles L. 1614-1, L. 1614-2 and L. 1614-3. A regional fund for continuing vocational training is created in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Assistance for employees on part-time work

Article L5122-3

I.-For the application of the third paragraph of I of article L. 5122-1, the following is taken into account instead of the legal working time: 1° The working time stipulated in the contract for indiv…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Self-employed persons, members of the liberal professions and the self-employed.

Article L6331-53

…yees or associates, pay each year, to finance their own training initiatives, as defined in article L. 6313-1, a contribution which may not be less than 0.15% of the annual amount of the social securi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Raw materials for pharmaceutical use.

Article L5138-2

…pharmaceutical use" means all the constituents of medicinal products within the meaning of Article L. 5111-1, i.e. :1° The active substance or substances. An active substance is any substance or mixt…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Prohibition.

Article L8241-3

I.-As an exception to the last paragraph ofarticle L. 8241-1 and under the conditions set out in this article, a company may make its employees available on a temporary basis to a young company or a s…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Special rules for certain categories of intermediaries

Article L513-7

…egal representatives, directors, employees and agents of the associations mentioned in I of Article L. 513-3 of this Code are bound by professional secrecy in the context of the tasks mentioned in I,…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L211-3

…e of its service; and 2° Will benefit from protection against insolvency in accordance with Article L. 211-18. In order to comply with this I, the professional facilitating a tied travel service shall…

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