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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Exceptional aid to help offset the fall in activity in 2020

Article 919-28

…n after consultation with the First College of the Film Distribution Aid Commission.The amount of exceptional aid may not exceed €50,000.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Derogation from the weekly working time in the event of combination with another part-time employment contract

Article D5132-10-5-4

…ent for a part-time employment contract with an employer other than those mentioned in articles L. 5132-4 and L. 5213-13; 2° A document specifying the employment support measures that it plans to impl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 7: Special conditions for the "pneumology" option

Article D6124-177-40

…care in at least two of the following therapeutic areas: physical therapy, occupational therapy, dietetics, speech therapy, psychomotor therapy, psychological care, therapeutic education and adapted…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions applicable to requests for information received by the French services

Article 695-9-40

Information may only be transmitted to the competent services of the Member State that requested it with the prior authorisation of a magistrate whenever such authorisation is required in France to ac…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Additional compensation measures

Article 916-26

The aid is granted for each cinema whose operators are eligible for financial aid for the creation and modernisation of cinemas.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Contracts awarded by the national councils of the orders of the medical professions

Article R.4122-4-10

The duration of the contract is defined taking into account the nature of the services and the need for periodic competitive tendering. A contract may provide for one or more renewals provided that it…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Shareholders' meetings

Article L22-10-43-1

This article applies to companies whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market established or operating in a Member State of the European Union. An electronic confirmation of receipt of…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Professional sport

Article L222-2-10-1

A sports association or company referred to in Articles L. 122-1 or L. 122-2 may enter into a contract with a professional athlete or trainer whom it employs relating to the commercial exploitation of…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1 septies : Deduction of profit-sharing payments

Article 151 decies

Sums allocated by way of profit-sharing to sole traders, members of partnerships who have not opted to be subject to corporation tax and to collaborating spouses and partners who are allocated to the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Mutual insurance companies.

Article R*322-106-1

Without prejudice to the nullities provided for in article R. 322-90, any mutual insurance company formed contrary to the provisions of articles R. 322-93, R. 322-95 to R. 322-97, R. 322-99, R. 322-10…

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