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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: Purpose and award conditions

Article 433-4

Grants are awarded to help cover the following expenses:1° Expenditure on the production of works or the acquisition of broadcasting rights for works;2° Technical expenditure on putting works online,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Eligible training courses and use of the account

Article L6323-17-2

…od of professional activity in an occupation affected by the professional risk factors mentioned in 1° of I of article L. 4161-1 of this Code. This minimum period of activity, determined by decree, is…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Content of agreements.

Article L3323-2

…g agreement may provide for the allocation of sums constituting the special profit-sharing reserve: 1° To accounts opened in the name of the interested parties in application of an employee savings pl…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: Establishment of customs offices.

Article 47

1. Customs offices are established and abolished by orders of the Minister of the Economy and Finance on the proposal of the Director General of Customs and Indirect Taxation. 2. When the office is lo…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: BENEFITS OF THE RIGHT TO MAINTENANCE

Article L541-3

Without prejudice to the provisions of articles L. 753-1 to L. 753-4 and L. 754-1 to L. 754-8, where a foreign national applying to register an asylum application has, prior to the submission of his a…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special transfer rules

Article D132-8

Individual rights currently being built up in respect of contracts offering the benefits mentioned in Article L. 143-1, but which have not been taken out as part of supplementary occupational retireme…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Relations between the liquidator and the guarantee fund

Article R421-55

…nce company whose authorisation has been withdrawn shall be paid within the time limits set out in: 1° Articles L. 211-9 and L. 211-17, where the fund pays compensation for the losses referred to in A…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Funding and resources

Article R1114-37

The resources of the Union nationale and the regional unions are made up of :1° An allocation from the Caisse nationale de l'assurance maladie under the national fund for health democracy provided for…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 1: Attachment of successively enforceable claims

Article R211-14

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Formation, entry on the list, articles of association and registration.

Article R814-69

The registration of the company and the formalities for publication in the Trade and Companies Register are governed by Section 1 of Chapter III of Title II of Book I relating to the Trade and Compani…

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