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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1391

The marriage contract must determine the assets to which the option stipulated in favour of the survivor will apply. It may lay down bases of valuation and terms of payment, except for the reduction i…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Validation

Article R313-13

The mayor is kept informed by the consular authority of the action taken on the visa application made on the basis of the validated attestation d'accueil.He sends the prefect a non-nominative annual r…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Determination of salary.

Article L7422-8

When the hourly wage set by the administrative authority to serve as a basis for calculating the performance rates is less than the combined amount of the minimum growth wage and any allowances, premi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Other applications of the Community arbitration procedure.

Article R5141-47-10

In specific cases of Community interest, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail or the applicant shall refer the matter…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Preferential rights and guarantees for wage claims.

Article L143-11-6

The insurance is financed by employer contributions based on the remuneration used to calculate contributions to the unemployment insurance scheme defined by Section I of Chapter I of Title V of Book…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Grant of cinematographic representation rights

Article L213-11

The proportional participation rate is freely debated between a minimum percentage set at 25% and a maximum percentage set at 50%. However, for cinematographic works shown more than two years after th…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article A331-1-1

Applications for the declaration or authorisation of sporting events as provided for in articles R. 331-6 and R. 331-20 of this code are submitted to the competent local authority in electronic format…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Prenatal diagnosis.

Article L2161-1

As stated in Article 511-20 of the French Penal Code, reproduced below: "The act of carrying out prenatal diagnosis without having received the authorisation referred to in article L. 2131-1 of the Pu…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Eligibility criteria.

Article L5422-2-1

Unexhausted rights to insurance benefit from previous periods of compensation are taken into account, in whole or in part, in the calculation of the duration and amount of rights when a new period of…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Provisions adapting Book V.

Article L945-9

Article L. 525-18 is amended as follows: I.-In 1°, the reference to Decree no. 53-968 of 30 September 1953 is replaced by the reference to Decree no. 55-639 of 20 May 1955; II.-The 2° is worded as fol…

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