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Showing 27212730 of 3965 articles for Art. 17 avr. 1996

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Investment allowances

Article 411-13

…ions set by the decree of 21 May 1992 taken for the application of article 6 of decree no. 90-66 of 17 January 1990 laying down the general principles concerning the distribution of cinematographic an…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions relating to exceptional support for companies producing and distributing cinematographic works during the period of resumption of theatrical exhibition of cinematographic works

Article 914-5

…tes, except in the case of cinematographic works that have benefited from the provisions of article 17 of emergency law no. 2020-290 of 23 March 2020 to deal with the covid-19 epidemic and cinematogra…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Filing of applications for plant variety certificates.

Article R623-7

…bject of observations recognised as justified under the conditions laid down in the articles R. 623-17 to R. 623-26 or that the person in charge of the tasks falling within the remit of the national p…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Refusal to issue residence permits

Article R432-2

…3, R. 421-43, R. 421-47, R. 421-54, R. 421-54, R. 421-60, R. 422-5, R. 422-12, R. 426-14 and R. 426-17.By way of derogation from the first paragraph, this period is sixty days when the foreign nationa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1a: National health identifier

Article R1111-8-2

…ocessed for health research purposes as mentioned in the last paragraph of article 30 of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and freedoms, and authorised under th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Indemnities of holders of office in the Martinique Assembly and of office in the Executive Council

Article L7227-19

…ssembly of Martinique are determined by applying to the reference term mentioned in Article L. 7227-17 the rate of 60%.The rules of procedure determine the conditions under which the amount of the mon…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Capture of computer data

Article D15-1-6

The departments, units and bodies, referred to in Article 706-95-17, that may carry out operations to install the technical devices referred to in Article 706-102-1 sont :-the national judicial police…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article R1233-1

…he order of redundancies shall send his request to the employer, in application of articles L. 1233-17 and L. 1233-43, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or delivered against receipt…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Health checks and surveillance

Article R1321-19

…21-15, R. 1321-15-1 and R. 1321-16 and for the additional analyses provided for in articles R. 1321-17 and R. 1321-18, water samples are taken by agents of the Regional Health Agency or by agents of a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Declaration of claims.

Article R622-22

…aims, properly arising after the opening judgment other than those mentioned in I of Article L. 622-17, result from a successively executed contract declare their claims, for all sums due and to fall…

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