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

Article 917-8

…tographic works released in cinemas on 28 October 2020 or scheduled to be released in cinemas on 4, 11 or 18 November 2020 or between 15 December 2020 and 6 January 2021.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Credit consolidation

Article R314-18

The threshold mentioned in article L. 314-11 is reached when the proportion of home loans mentioned in article L. 313-1, represents 60% of the total amount of the credit consolidation transaction. The…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V quinquies : Duties levied for the benefit of the Caisse nationale de l'assurance maladie (National Health Insurance Fund)

Article 1635 bis AG

…or modification of registration of a health product on the list provided for in I of Article L. 165-11 of the Social Security Code. II. - The amount of this fee is set, up to a limit of €5,600, by ord…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Definitions.

Article L7121-2

…age director, film director and choreographer, for the material execution of their artistic concept;11° A circus artist; 12° Puppeteers; 13° Persons whose activity is recognised as a performer's profe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Professional recovery

Article R645-4

…ation letter includes the provisions of the first paragraph of article L. 645-9 and articles L. 645-11 and L. 645-12. The judgment is communicated to the persons mentioned in article R. 621-7 and, whe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXV BIS: Procedure applicable to serial or unsolved crimes

Article D47-12-10

…ial court may take part in proceedings in accordance with the procedures set out in paragraphs 3 to 11 of Article 706. They advise these magistrates in their decisions regarding the choice of investig…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article D48-2-8

…referral to the sentence enforcement judge by the sentenced person in accordance with article D. 49-11 of a request for semi-liberty, work release, electronically supervised home detention, sentence s…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Traffic conditions

Article R4141-12

…ise safety training for the workers concerned, in accordance with the provisions of article R. 4141-11.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Obtaining a speciality by a court-appointed administrator already on the list referred to in article L. 811-2

Article R811-28-7

I.-The panel for the examination referred to in article R. 811-28-5 is composed as follows: 1° A professor of higher education or lecturer responsible for teaching law in the field of the speciality a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Determination of salary

Article R7422-8

Orders issued by the Prefect in accordance with articles L. 7422-6 and L. 7422-11 are published and inserted in the departmental administrative records within one month of the date on which they were…

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