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Showing 12911300 of 10372 articles for Art. CE 28-9-2021 n° 439145

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Exceptional provisions relating to selective distribution aid

Article 919-42

…bution company must :1° Have distributed at least six cinematographic works over the three years preceding the year of the application;2° Have submitted an application for aid for a given work for at…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Mortuary rooms (R).

Article R2223-95

…a mortuary located on the territory of another municipality, the mayor of that municipality shall receive a copy of this agreement without delay. When the health establishment where the death occurred…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Financing

Article R4153-9

…le 2 of law no. 86-33 of 9 January 1986 on statutory provisions relating to the hospital civil service, other public sector employers and private sector employers finance continuing professional devel…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Identification of accounts in Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article R721-9

…nts d'outre-mer (French overseas departments note-issuing bank) provides the credit institutions concerned with all the information gathered pursuant to Articles L. 131-73 and L. 163-6, no later than…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Organisation of detention facilities

Article R744-9

…there until the president of the court of appeal has ruled if there is no administrative detention centre within the jurisdiction of the court of appeal. Similarly, in the event of an appeal against…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Offences committed by a person other than the employer or his delegate.

Article L4741-9

…he decrees of the Conseil d'Etat implementing them is liable to a fine of 3,750 euros.A repeat offence is punishable by one year's imprisonment and a fine of €9,000.The fine is applied as many times a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Banking and payment services intermediaries

Article R775-9

…ht-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 519-1n° 2012-101 of 26 January 2012R. 519-2 to R. 519-4 with the exception of IIINo. 2019-1098 of 29 Octo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope and implementation.

Article L2341-9

…whose territory the undertaking or establishment is located, according to their respective competences and areas of intervention.When the European Works Council is set up in the absence of an agreeme…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Financing

Article R4382-9

…le 2 of law no. 86-33 of 9 January 1986 on statutory provisions relating to the hospital civil service, other public sector employers and private sector employers finance continuing professional devel…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Operating conditions.

Article L4151-9

…t subsidy is paid annually to the bodies that run these schools; the school's expenditure and resources are identified in a specific budget. The staff of schools run by a public health institution are…

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