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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L811-1-1

…graph of Article L. 335-4 and Articles L. 133-1 and L. 133-4, in the wording resulting from Law no. 2021-1382 of 25 October 2021 on the regulation and protection of access to cultural works in the dig…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Working conditions and organisation of service obligations

Article R6153-1

…ate students who complete phase 3, known as the consolidation phase, referred to in articles R. 632-20 and D. 633-11 of the Education Code of medical studies, pharmacy studies for students enrolled in…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Increased rates for calculating sums representing automatic aid

Article 919-49

…ences on attendance at cinemas of the implementation of the health pass, provided for by decree no. 2021-699 of 1st June 2021 prescribing the general measures necessary to manage the end of the health…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Other sanctions and measures

Article 1840 G

…the additional registration duty, and, in addition, an additional duty equal respectively to 30%, 20% and 10% of the reduction granted depending on whether the breach is noted before the expiry of t…

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

Article L342-23

…es;-where the actual existence of the runway or facilities predates the entry into force of Law no. 2005-157 of 23 February 2005 on the development of rural areas;-where the establishment of the easem…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions relating to the compensation fund for the interruption or abandonment of film or audiovisual shoots due to the covid-19 epidemic

Article 913-7

…amount of the additional cost taken into account to determine the amount of aid paid may not exceed 20% of the insured capital of the work concerned as stated in the insurance contract and €1,200,000.…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R623-51

…clusive exploitation right or by the holder of a licence granted under Articles L. 623-17 or L. 623-20, the applicant must justify that the conditions of l'article L. 623-25 sont remplies. The preside…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Basis for the local tax on outdoor advertising

Article L2333-8

…or newspaper kiosks;Signs whose sum area is greater than 12 square metres and less than or equal to 20 square metres may be subject to a 50% reduction. In the case of advertising devices affixed to el…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Financing of the insurance allowance.

Article L5422-9

…covered by the extension of the scope of application of the agreements mentioned in article L. 5422-20 outside national territory;5° Taxes of any kind that are allocated in whole or in part to the bod…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1a: Financing of the insurance allowance

Article D5422-3

…ementioned employer under the conditions laid down in the agreements referred to in Article L. 5422-20 of the same code. To this end, the aforementioned bodies provide a teleservice enabling the submi…

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