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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval.

Article L6332-1-2

…her in application of a national professional agreement concluded between representative employers' and employees' organisations and pooled upon receipt by the body within the branches concerned, or o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval.

Article L6332-2-1

…or a body delegated by the latter.The combination of the functions of director in a skills operator and director or employee in a credit institution is brought to the attention of the joint bodies of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Retirement

Article D1237-2-1

The period mentioned in the seventh paragraph of Article L. 1237-5 is set at three months before the employee's birthday. The period mentioned in the eighth paragraph of the same article is set at one…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Registration

Article A822-2-1

…ed in a foreign State who wish to benefit from the provisions of the first paragraph of article R. 822-2 send to the Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice, by 30 September at the latest, a file in…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Nationality of natural persons

Article 1045-2

…fication of the refusal or expiry of the time limits provided for in the third paragraph of article 1045-1. On pain of inadmissibility, the application shall be accompanied by a copy of the form refer…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter II: Organisation and operation

Article L112-2

…ompany. In particular, it decides on the general conditions for the allocation of financial support and approves the budget. At the initiative of the Chairman, strategic and budgetary guidelines are t…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4: Recovery and control

Article L115-25

…ocedures mentioned in the third paragraph of…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 5 : Groupings, agreements and commitments and commitments

Article L212-20

The granting of the approval provided for in article L. 212-19 is subject to the approval by the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée of the programming commitments mentione…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 5 : Groupings, agreements and commitments and commitments

Article L212-26

…il d'Etat, issued after obtaining the opinion of the Autorité de la concurrence, sets out the terms and conditions for the application of this section. It shall specify in particular: 1° The procedure…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4: Recovery and control

Article L115-24

…ailure to pay taxes or contributions within the legal time limit will result in the application of :1° A surcharge of 5% on the amount of sums for which payment has been deferred or evaded in whole or…

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