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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Work involving exposure to radiation

Article R4153-22-1

It is forbidden to assign young workers under the age of eighteen to work exposing them to electromagnetic fields for which the results of the risk assessment highlight the possibility of exceeding th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Payment to finance mobility services

Article R2531-22-1

…Code of the data and information collected in connection with the recovery of the payment intended to finance mobility services under the conditions laid down in II of Article L. 2531-6.This request…

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

Article 212-11

Direct grants are awarded to help finance development costs other than writing, rewriting, rights acquisition and, for works in the animation genre, graphic design.

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

Article 212-10

Direct grants for the development of projects are awarded in addition to the selective grants awarded pursuant to article…

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

Article 212-12

…212-42 ; 2° The project involves a director who has never made a feature-length film and a production company that has produced no more than…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Ski lifts and ski runs.

Article L342-20

…f the commune, group of communes, département or mixed syndicate concerned, by an easement intended to ensure the passage, development and equipment of downhill ski runs and Nordic sites intended for…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Ski lifts and ski runs.

Article L342-25

…the decision establishing the easement, based on the impact on its normal use and the changes made to the previous state of the site; 2° Whether they qualify as building land within the meaning of ar…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Ski lifts and ski runs.

Article L342-21

…ality, the easement is created by decree of the Conseil d'Etat. The easement file is made available to the public for one month at the town hall of the municipality concerned.

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 3: Ski lifts and ski runs.

Article L342-23

…were built or whose construction was authorised before the date of demarcation of the zones and sectors provided for in…

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