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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3 : Conversion into a grant of part of the advances granted to finance the initial installation of digital projection equipment in cinemas

Article 916-24

…ich has been particularly affected by the covid-19 epidemic and its economic and financial consequences, the part of the advances granted to operators of cinematographic entertainment establishments u…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Health, safety and working conditions committee

Article R1233-25-1

The commission comprises nine full staff representatives and an equal number of alternate staff representatives. Each trade union organisation sitting on the social committee of the administration app…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of persons under psychiatric care.

Article L3211-9

…2-1 and articles L. 3212-7, L. 3213-1, L. 3213-3 and L. 3213-8, the director of the establishment receiving the patient will convene a panel made up of three members of the establishment's staff: 1° A…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Tourist municipalities.

Article L133-11

…he General Local Authorities Code, in its version prior to article 150 of law no. 2015-1785 of 29 December 2015 on finance for 2016, from the additional allocation or the special allocation identified…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Support for projects

Article 633-3

Project grants are awarded with a view to contributing towards the costs mentioned in Article 17(2), Article 18(3), Article 19(2), Article 25(3)(a, b, d and e), Article 28(2), Article 29(3) and Articl…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK VI: Company difficulties.

Article L620-1

A safeguard procedure is instituted at the request of a debtor referred to in article L. 620-2 who, without being in cessation of payments, demonstrates difficulties that it is unable to overcome. The…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Community of communes

Article L5842-24

…to the adaptations provided for in II.II. - For the application of'article L. 5214-28 :1° The sentence: " b) Or when the community of municipalities has opted for the tax system defined in Article 160…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 7: Judicial supervision, house arrest with electronic surveillance and pre-trial detention

Article D32-30

…y, if he or she expressly consents and for a specified period, be allocated a remote protection device enabling the public authorities to be alerted in the event of a breach of these obligations or pr…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General-purpose investment funds.

Article R214-32-37

I. - A feeder general-purpose investment fund may invest up to 100% of its assets in units or shares of the same master UCITS or AIF and hold up to 100% of the units or shares of the master UCITS or A…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Exposure to asbestos in buildings.

Article R1337-4

It is punishable by the fine laid down for fifth class offences for a person responsible for the surveys mentioned in articles R. 1334-20 to R. 1334-22, for the periodic assessment of the state of pre…

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