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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Support for collective operations

Article 634-4

Aid for collective operations is awarded and the amount determined on the basis of the following criteria: 1° The operation's ability to contribute to a mission of general interest for the technical s…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title I: GENERAL CONTRACT CONDITIONS

Article D211-6

The provisions of II of article L. 211-2 apply to the following categories of goods:household appliances; computer equipment; consumer electronics; telephone equipment; photographic equipment; electri…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Individual over-indebtedness commissions

Article R712-6

For the application of the provisions of 3° of article R. 712-2, the Prefect appoints by decree, for a renewable period of two years, a person with experience in the field of social and family economi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Courts for the enforcement of sentences

Article D49-68

The notice sent to the victim pursuant to the third paragraph of Article 712-16-2 informs the victim that if the convicted person breaches the prohibition on receiving, meeting or entering into contac…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Filing.

Article R3323-6

When the draft group agreement ratified by the employees does not mention a joint request, it is filed with the agreement: 1° A certificate from the various heads of the undertakings concerned to the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Supplementary provisions.

Article L3121-65

…In the absence of the contractual stipulations provided for in 1° and 2° of II of article L. 3121-64, an individual agreement for a fixed number of days may be validly concluded subject to complianc…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Constitution

Article R6332-64

…ed workers, members of the liberal professions and self-employed workers provided for in article L. 6331-48 less the two fractions mentioned in article L. 6332-11 intended to finance the personal trai…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Industrial tribunal members

Article D1423-69

A record of the time spent on the compensable activities mentioned in Article R. 1423-55 is kept at the court registry for each industrial tribunal member. The identification as well as the start and…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: First and second category operations.

Article R4532-60

A contractor who has all or part of the contract entered into with the project owner performed by one or more subcontractors must provide the subcontractors with: 1° A copy of the general coordination…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: Right to inspect goods, means of transport and persons.

Article 60-5

With the exception of those carried out in the places mentioned in 2° and 3° of article 60-1, excluding the surroundings of these places, visiting rights may only be implemented in the same place for…

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