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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L5151-6

I.-Each holder of a personal activity account may consult the rights registered in the account and use them by accessing a free online service. This online service is managed by the Caisse des dépôts…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General principles relating to research involving the human person

Article L1121-8-1

Persons who are not affiliated to a social security scheme or who are beneficiaries of such a scheme may be asked to take part in non-interventional research. By way of derogation, the Personal Data P…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Designation of tax officials responsible for certain criminal investigation missions

Article R15-33-29-8

The jury for the technical examination is formed by the commission mentioned in article R. 15-33-29-5. The members of the committee or their substitutes called upon to make up the jury must sit for th…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Fraud

Article L454-6

The offences provided for in articles L. 441-2, L. 441-3and L. 441-4 are punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 300,000 euros. The amount of the fine may be increased, in proportion to th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Control.

Article L1263-6

Failure by the employer to comply with the administrative decision referred to in article L. 1263-4, article L. 1263-4-1 or article L. 1263-4-2 is punishable by an administrative fine, which is impose…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Operators of voluntary sales of furniture by public auction

Article L321-6

The operators referred to in Article L. 321-4 must provide evidence of: 1° The existence in a credit institution of an account intended exclusively to receive funds held on behalf of others; 2° Insura…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Implementing provisions.

Article L5134-63

A decree determines: 1° The amounts and terms of payment of State aid and, where applicable, the specific conditions under which employers taking on young people on open-ended professionalisation cont…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: New horizontal aid to compensate for reduced activity

Article 919-86

New exceptional aid is being granted in the form of a direct allowance to cinema owners to help compensate for the drop in business they have been experiencing since March 2020 as a result of the meas…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: New horizontal aid to compensate for reduced activity

Article 919-88

In order to obtain the aid, cinema operators must complete and submit electronically, by 30 April 2022 at the latest, a form drawn up by the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Exceptional aid to offset fixed costs

Article 919-83

To obtain the aid, cinema operators must submit the form drawn up by the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée electronically by 31 October 2021 at the latest.

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