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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 231-27

By way of derogation from article 231-26, the classification, labels and aid, as well as, where applicable, the direct allocations provided for in…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Civil penalties

Article L242-18-2

A trader who has incurred shipping costs with a view to bringing the digital content into conformity on a tangible medium is obliged to reimburse them no later than fourteen days from the day on which…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: The works council and other social dialogue bodies

Article R114-60

Notwithstanding article 10 of the above-mentioned decree of 20 November 2020, in centres with a workforce of less than two hundred employees, a specialised committee may be set up within the social co…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Alcohols

Article 362

…to in the first paragraph may be delegated to an interprofession created in accordance with the loi n° 75-600 du 10 juillet 1975 relative à l'organisation interprofessionnelle agricole.The quantities…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subtitle IV: Other procedures

Article 848

…the modernisation of justice for the 21st century: 1° The action initiated on the basis of the loi n° 2008-496 du 27 mai 2008 portant diverses dispositions d'adaptation au droit communautaire dans le…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title I: Provisions relating to Book I

Article 2494

…are applicable to a child born in Mayotte to foreign parents before the entry into force of the loi n° 2018-778 du 10 septembre 2018 pour une immigration maîtrisée, un droit d'asile effectif et une in…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and operation

Article R1435-32

The health insurance bodies entrusted by the order referred to in the third paragraph of Article L. 1435-10 with the payment of certain expenses falling within the remit of the regional intervention f…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Organisation and administration

Article R6133-27

If the constituent agreement so provides, the General Meeting may elect from among its members a select committee to which it delegates, for a fixed renewable term, some of its powers from among those…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Sociétés civiles de placement immobilier (non-trading property investment companies), sociétés d'épargne forestière (forestry savings companies) and groupements forestiers d'investissement (forestry investment groups)

Article R214-176

I. - When a forest savings company holds at least 50% of the shares in a forestry group or a company whose sole purpose is to hold woodland and forests, the valuation provided for in article R. 214-17…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Aeration and sanitation

Article R4212-6

The client provides for the introduction of a minimum airflow into the sanitary rooms, determined by the following table: DESIGNATION OF PREMISESMINIMUM FLOWof air introduced(in cubic metresper hour a…

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