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Showing 32713280 of 51993 articles for Art. CE 24-4-2019 n° 419912 confirming CAA Nancy 22-2-2018 n° 17NC00780

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Increased rates for calculating sums representing automatic aid

Article 919-46

…0 and less than or equal to €6,150,000.The rate is zero when the total revenue from feature films exceeds €6,150,000.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Application, revision and termination of sectoral collective agreements

Article L7343-41

…collective agreement of indefinite duration may be terminated by the signatory parties. In the absence of an express stipulation, the period of notice that must precede termination is three months. Th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Application, revision and termination of sectoral collective agreements

Article L7343-40

…et out in Article L. 7343-29. The amendment revising all or part of an agreement automatically replaces the stipulations of the agreement that it amends. It may be invoked against all the platforms bo…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IV: Free pricing and competition.

Article Annexe 4-3

…y objections and other documents pursuant to Art. 25 of Directive 2019/1/ EU ☐ Application for enforcement of decisions imposing financial penalties or periodic penalty payments pursuant to Art. 26 of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Placement and support for jobseekers.

Article L5312-4

…ocal authorities, appointed on the joint recommendation of the associations of local authorities concerned. The employers' and employees' representatives are appointed by the representative employers'…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L2141-4

…the two members of the couple or the unmarried woman consent in writing to:1° Their embryos being received by another couple or another woman under the conditions set out in articles L. 2141-5 and L.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Operators of voluntary sales of furniture by public auction

Article A321-4

…in art history, applied arts, archaeology or plastic arts; 2° Any diploma conferring the grade of licence or the grade of master, attesting to studies in art history, applied arts, archaeology or plas…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2

Article R421-42

The public accountants who record extracts of judgements and settlements in accordance with the provisions of decree no. 66-136 of 4 March 1966 recover, under the same conditions as fines, the surchar…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2

Article R421-43

…nd expenses relating to the operations carried out in application of article L. 421-8 of the Insurance Code for each financial year, so that the actual result of these operations can be identified and…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Facilities for top-level athletes

Article L6222-40

The following changes have been made for top-level athletes: 1° Articles L. 6222-7 to L. 6222-10, relating to the duration of the contract; 2° And the second paragraph of article L. 6222-24, relating…

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