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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation of the business start-up or takeover support programme

Article R5141-29

The advice and support measures referred to in 4° of article R. 5141-1 are carried out by an operator with whom the State has signed an agreement for this purpose. The actions are carried out as part…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Placement in an anti-seizure bracelet

Article R24-21

The distances mentioned in article R. 24-18 are brought to the attention of the protected person, who is given a remote protection device. The protected person is also informed that, if necessary, the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Payment service providers

Article L773-21

…d in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 521-1 Ordinance no. 2017-1252 of 9 August 2017 L. 521-2 Order no. 2009-866 of 15 July 2009 L. 521-3 O…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Payment service providers

Article L774-21

…d in the right-hand column of the same table: Applicable articles In the wording resulting from L. 521-1 Ordinance no. 2017-1252 of 9 August 2017 L. 521-2 Order no. 2009-866 of 15 July 2009 L. 521-3 O…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Provisions applicable to investment services providers relating to the design and distribution of financial instruments

Article L533-24

…ion on the financial instruments and their validation process, including the defined target market; 4° Take reasonable steps to ensure that the financial instruments are distributed to the defined tar…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Derogations on a geographical basis

Article L3132-24

…or all or some of their staff, under the conditions set out in articles L. 3132-25-3 and L. 3132-25-4. II -International tourist zones are defined by the ministers responsible for labour, tourism and…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Investigation assistants

Article 21-3

…the liberty and custody judge where this is provided for, the requisitions provided for in articles 60, 60-3, 77-1 and 99-5 as well as those provided for in articles 60-1 and 77-1-1 when they concern…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Conditions relating to aid intensity

Article 211-22

The limit provided for in article 211-21 is raised to 70% for difficult or low-budget cinematographic works that do not benefit from the tax credit for delegated production expenses for cinematographi…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Weighting coefficients

Article 211-35

…weighting coefficient is set at :- 1 when the cinematographic work obtains at least 80 points;- 0.97 when the cinematographic work obtains 79 points;- 0.94 when the cinematographic work obtains 78 po…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Weighting coefficients

Article 211-34

For entry into the automatic cinema production account, the sums calculated are weighted by a coefficient determined according to the number of points obtained by the cinematographic works on the scal…

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