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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 212-13

The same project may not simultaneously be the subject of a direct grant awarded under article 212-11 and one or more direct grants awarded under article…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions specific to Book IV

Article L2614-1

By way of derogation from the provisions of articles L. 2422-5 to L. 2422-11, the State may, under conditions set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, entrust the management of projects to French Guyana f…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4°: Capital financing of long-term electricity supply companies

Article 238 bis HX

…benefit from the scheme provided for venture capital companies by article 1-1 of law no. 85-695 of 11 July 1985 containing various provisions of an economic and financial nature, nor the scheme provi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Electoral colleges.

Article L2314-12

…ion of the third college under the conditions provided for in the last paragraph of article L. 2314-11.The agreement is communicated, at its request, to the labour inspector mentioned in article L. 81…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Special provisions concerning the content of award notices

Article R2183-7

…awarded without prior advertising or competitive tendering in accordance with 1° of Article R. 2122-11; 2° To information at least as detailed as that which appeared in the notice used as a call for c…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Advertising

Article R341-1

…oes not comply with the obligations laid down in articles L. 312-5, L. 312-6 and L. 312-8 to L. 312-11 is punishable by the fine laid down for 5th class offences. The court may also order publication…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Purposes of processing

Article R142-12

The processing mentioned in article R. 142-11 may be consulted and linked with other processing operations concerning procedures involving foreign nationals.It transmits to the national file for check…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Allocation of funds from the joint fund

Article R2135-27

…fund determines the amount earmarked to finance the activities referred to in 1° of Article L. 2135-11, which may not be less than 73 million euros. In the absence of a decision by the Board of Direct…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Procedure for processing applications

Article R1142-63-26

…the latter, to transmit this information to it in application of the first paragraph of article L. 1142-24-11. Information covered by medical confidentiality may only be transmitted by a doctor. The…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Allocation of the special profit-sharing reserve.

Article R3324-16

With the exception of articles R. 3322-1, D. 3323-8 to R. 3323-11, D. 3324-1 to D. 3324-10 and D. 3325-1 to R. 3326-1, the provisions of this Title are applicable to the supplement to the special prof…

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