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Showing 73517360 of 45696 articles for Art. CE 2-12-2022 n° 460100

French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article D3142-1-2

The chronic diseases referred to in 5° of Article L. 3142-1 and 6° of Article L. 3142-4 are: 1° Chronic diseases covered under Articles D. 160-4 and R. 160-12 of the Social Security Code; 2° Rare dise…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Intervention by the family court

Article 373-2-11

…l authority is to be exercised, the judge shall in particular take into consideration: 1° The practice previously followed by the parents or any agreements they may have previously entered into; 2° Th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules governing the devolution of surnames and customary names

Article 311-21

…names together in the order chosen by them, subject to a limit of one surname for each. In the absence of a joint declaration to the civil registrar mentioning the child's choice of surname, the child…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Weighting coefficients

Article 211-35

The weighting coefficient is set at :- 1 when the cinematographic work obtains at least 80 points;- 0.97 when the cinematographic work obtains 79 points;- 0.94 when the cinematographic work obtains 78…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Weighting coefficients

Article 211-34

For entry into the automatic cinema production account, the sums calculated are weighted by a coefficient determined according to the number of points obtained by the cinematographic works on the scal…

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

Article 231-4

…verage number of film screenings per cinema equal to or greater than 400 per year during the reference period defined in article…

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

Article 231-3

…overy". The list of works qualified as "research and discovery" is drawn up by the president of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée when the list of art house cinematographic works prov…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Substitution of the user undertaking in the event of default by the temporary employment undertaking

Article R1251-25

…le L. 1251-52, applies notwithstanding any agreement to the contrary and notwithstanding the insurance obligations against the risk of non-payment that result from the provisions of articles L. 3253-6…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Substitution of the user undertaking in the event of default by the temporary employment undertaking

Article R1251-29

…ent of social security benefits for failure to pay the contributions due, the sum claimed may not exceed the amount of the contributions due for the employees made available to the user undertaking by…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Substitution of the user undertaking in the event of default by the temporary employment undertaking

Article R1251-27

Employees, social security bodies and social institutions have a direct claim against the substitute user undertaking, even when the latter has paid all or part of the sums it owes to the temporary em…

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