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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Protection in the event of interruption or non-renewal of a temporary work assignment.

Article L2413-1

…enewal of a temporary employee's assignment by the temporary employment contractor may only take place after authorisation by the labour inspector when the employee holds one of the following mandates…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Manufacturing and wholesale distribution.

Article L5124-18

…e of the Conseil d'Etat:1° The conditions under which any undertaking comprising at least one pharmaceutical establishment must be owned by a pharmacist or by a company in whose management or directio…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Management of income from the exploitation of rights

Article L324-17

…ve management organisations use for actions to support creation, the dissemination of live performances, the development of artistic and cultural education and training actions for artists: 1° 25% of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Job security contract

Article L1233-66

…hority of its validation or homologation decision provided for in article L. 1233-57-4. In the absence of such a proposal, the institution mentioned in Article L. 5312-1 will propose the professional…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Geographical indications protecting industrial and craft products

Article L721-8

I. - Without prejudice to articles L. 115-16 of the Consumer Code and L. 722-1 of this code, registered names are protected against: 1° Any direct or indirect commercial use of a registered name in re…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Protected areas.

Article L3335-4

…otion of physical and sporting activities, in favour of :a) Sports associations approved in accordance with article L. 121-4 of the French Sports Code, up to a limit of ten authorisations per year for…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Increase in certain selective aids

Article 919-44

…er 19 May 2021, may be increased.The increase applies to aid granted between 16 March 2021 and 31 December 2021.The amount of the increase is set, after consultation with the film distribution aid com…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 8: Recourse in the event of non-acceptance and non-payment.

Article L511-39

Refusal of acceptance or payment must be recorded in a notarised deed known as a protest faute d'acceptation or faute de paiement. The protest in default of acceptance must be made within the time lim…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Criminal penalties

Article 1751

…mercial Code (1), the offender's business may be sequestered until the final decision has been enforced. The sequestration measure may be extended to the offender's entire assets. Receivership may be…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Urban solidarity and social cohesion grant.

Article L2334-18-2

…ed by the tax effort up to a limit of 1.3 and by a coefficient varying uniformly from 4 to 0.5 in ascending order of the ranking of eligible communes. To determine the allocation due to eligible munic…

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