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Showing 281290 of 34678 articles for Art. CE 27-3-2020 n° 428234

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

Article 612-27

Selective financial assistance is awarded to help cover the following expenses:1° Technical expenses relating to putting works online, including those relating to securing works and making them access…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Compulsory consultations in establishments comprising one or more installations subject to authorisation or a basic nuclear installation

Article R2312-27

…r a period of at least thirty days and at most sixty days following communication of the dossier, except in exceptional cases justified by the urgency of the situation.

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Establishment in France of persons authorised to conduct voluntary sales of movable property by public auction in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article A321-27

The file referred to in article

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 212-27

The maximum amount of support is €30,000, including a maximum of €20,000 for the author.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to medical biology laboratories authorised in France

Article D6221-27

…present his observations on the facts justifying the decision, within a period of one month from receipt of the formal notice. When the Director General of the Regional Health Agency is informed of f…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Special provisions for certain investigative measures

Article 694-27

…r controls one or more accounts with a banking or financial institution or to obtain information concerning specific bank accounts and banking transactions that have been carried out during a specific…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 411-27

When the committee gives a favourable opinion, it proposes to the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée that aid be granted in principle.When it appears that the characterist…

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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…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Enforcement procedure

Article 695-27

…of that person, the Public Prosecutor shall inform him, in a language he understands, of the existence and content of the European arrest warrant against him. He shall also inform the person that he m…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L532-27

…L. 532-23 to L. 532-25-1 shall be communicated to the competent authorities of the Member State concerned.

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