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Showing 191200 of 10885 articles for Art. CE 21-10-2013 n° 358873

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Purpose and conditions of award

Article 211-90

…o description files to the various digital broadcast media.This work must be carried out in compliance with the methodological requirements of the Charter relating to the quality of subtitling for the…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 211-64

…two investments per financial year. For a single cinematographic work, the sums invested may not exceed 10% of the estimated cost of that work, up to a limit of €230,000. This limit is raised to €500…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Declaration, registration of activity and withdrawal of registration

Article R7232-21

…effect. The legal entity or sole trader shall immediately inform all the beneficiaries of its services by individual letter. In the absence of proof that this obligation has been fulfilled, and after…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Assistance for employees on part-time work

Article R5122-21

…of personal data recorded are as follows: 1° In the event of payment of the partial activity allowance to the establishment, the judicial representative or the association mentioned in Article L. 3253…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General conditions

Article 211-7

Long-length cinematographic works are made: 1° With the assistance of film studios and laboratories established in France, on the territory of another Member State of the European Union or, when they…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 10: Mandated employee.

Article L2412-10

…26 may only be terminated before expiry of the term due to serious misconduct or unfitness for work certified by the occupational physician, or on expiry of the term when the employer does not intend…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Control of sociétés anonymes.

Article L225-218

…set out in Articles L. 225-228 and L. 22-10-66. Companies which, at the end of a financial year, exceed the thresholds set by decree for two of the following three criteria are required to appoint at…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Information to be provided to the public

Article R385-21

…f the European Parliament and of the Council on the taking-up and pursuit of the business of insurance and reinsurance (Solvency II) in the version in force on the date of publication of Decree 2017-1…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Inventions by natural persons who are not employees or public servants, hosted by a legal person carrying out research

Article R611-21

…tion are determined by his hosting agreement. In particular, the amount of financial compensation received by the inventor takes account of the tasks entrusted to him, the circumstances in which the i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Payment service providers

Article L773-21

…ht-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 521-1 Ordinance no. 2017-1252 of 9 August 2017 L. 521-2 Order no. 2009-866 of 15 July 2009 L. 521-3 Order no. 201…

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