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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 232-26

Aid may only be granted if the sums entered in the automatic cinema exhibition account and the advances to which the beneficiary is entitled are insufficient. These sums and advances must be used in f…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Duties of confraternity.

Article R4127-263

In all cases where they are called upon to give evidence in disciplinary matters, dental surgeons are, insofar as is compatible with respect for professional secrecy, required to reveal all facts of u…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Jobseekers

Article D6341-26

…ary previously received within the limits of the minimum and maximum amounts set in article D. 6341-24-3. It is calculated according to the legal working hours set out in article L. 3121-27 on the bas…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Agency committee.

Article D6431-26

…or at the written request of at least half of the permanent employee representatives. In the latter case, the committee must be convened within one month.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Specific technical provisions the popular retirement savings plan

Article R144-26

…member whose rights have not been liquidated, the ratio between, on the one hand, the value of the capital guaranteed by the insurance company managing the plan on the scheduled liquidation date of t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Composition and operation of the National Medical Accidents Commission.

Article R1142-26

…not including the Chairman or, in his absence, the Vice-Chairman, are present. If this is not the case, a further meeting may be held after a period of fifteen days without a quorum being required.D…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Conciliation procedure.

Article R611-26

…within five days of the declaration of appeal, amend or retract his decision. In the event of modification or retraction, the court clerk shall notify the debtor of the decision. If this is not the ca…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R225-26

…and to appoint the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer and, where applicable, the Deputy Chief Executive Officers.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Duties of confraternity.

Article R4127-268

In the event of a significant and irreconcilable difference of opinion during a consultation, the treating dental surgeon is entitled to decline all responsibility and to refuse to apply the treatment…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Enforcement procedure

Article 695-26

…erritorial jurisdiction, who shall execute it after ensuring that the request is in order. In other cases, the European arrest warrant shall be executed in the light of the transmission made under the…

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