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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Right to training

Article R7227-25-2

Within the limit of the maximum amount set in application of 3° of article R. 1621-7 of the present code, the councillor to the Martinique assembly and the executive councillor acquire their individua…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Assignment of sums of money as security

Article 2374-2

The assignment is enforceable against third parties by delivery of the amount assigned.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter II: Tax on the profits of companies and other legal entities

Article 214

…is held by another cooperative production company under the conditions set out in article 25 of law n° 78-763 of 19 July 1978 on the status of sociétés coopératives de production; The 2° is however ap…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Qualifications for jury service

Article 258-2

Only persons who have not served as a juror or citizen assessor in the five years preceding the current year and who have not been entered on an annual jury list or an annual list of citizen assessors…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Endowments, grants and miscellaneous funds

Article D. 2335-23

I.-The fixed portion provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 2335-16 amounts to €9,000. The variable portion provided for in the same paragraph is allocated according to the following scale…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Industrial and commercial public services.

Article D2573-22

I. - The first paragraphs of articles R. 2224-11 and R. 2224-15, articles R. 2224-19 to R. 2224-19-4 and R. 2224-19-6 to R. 2224-19-10 and articles R. 2224-20 and R. 2224-21 are applicable to the comm…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Additional compensation measures

Article 916-25

Additional exceptional aid is being granted in the form of a direct allowance to cinema owners to help compensate for the drop in business they have been experiencing since March 2020 as a result of t…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Additional compensation measures

Article 916-28

For the application of this paragraph:1° An establishment's market share is defined as the ratio between the average sales achieved by this cinematographic entertainment establishment over a given per…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Additional compensation measures

Article 916-26

The aid is granted for each cinema whose operators are eligible for financial aid for the creation and modernisation of cinemas.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Additional compensation measures

Article 916-27

To be eligible for aid, exhibitors must have organised at least one screening with paid admissions during 2020 in each cinema for which aid is requested.For cinemas created in 2020 and whose opening t…

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