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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Exceptional aid to help people return to work in 2021

Article 919-37

To receive the exceptional aid, the distribution company must submit the application form drawn up by the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée electronically by 24 August 2021 at the latest.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Exceptional aid to help people return to work in 2021

Article 919-35

The decision to award aid is taken after consultation with the first college of the Film Distribution Aid Commission.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Freedom to provide services

Article R532-30

I. - Any portfolio management company referred to in I of Article L. 532-25-1 intending to manage AIFs for the first time under the freedom to provide services shall provide the Autorité des marchés f…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Production advances

Article 311-67

…ded in the automatic account when this amount is greater than €1,525,000 and less than or equal to €3,810,000;- €3,810,000 when the amount recorded in the automatic account is greater than €3,810,000.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: National guarantee fund for agricultural disasters.

Article R431-35

…agricoles are placed with the caisse centrale de réassurance in the assets mentioned in article R. 332-2. These assets are subject to the limitations set out in articles R. 332-3 and R. 332-3-1; howe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions specific to apprenticeships

Article D6522-3

The minimum amount referred to in article L. 6522-3 is set at 25,000 euros.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Remuneration for library loans

Article L133-3

The remuneration provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 133-1 includes two parts. The first part, payable by the State, is based on a flat-rate contribution per user registered in librarie…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article R421-39

…mployer, establishment or host company has been convicted under article L. 8256-2 of the same code; 3° The foreign national's employer, establishment or host company has failed to comply with its lega…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Fonds de développement pour l'insertion professionnelle des handicapés.

Article L5214-3

…nd continued employment of disabled workers, with the aim of making their career paths more secure; 3° To finance all or part of pre-qualifying and certifying vocational training for disabled jobseeke…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L5125-32

…ights, and the minimum installation conditions that pharmacies must meet ; 2° (Paragraph deleted) ; 3° The conditions under which the holder of a pharmacy provided for in Article L. 5125-21 must be re…

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