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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Direct allocations based on the production conditions of cinematographic works

Article 222-15

…irect allocations granted to a single distribution company in the course of a year may not exceed €125,000.For cinematographic works whose production cost is equal to or greater than €4,000,000 and le…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions common to consumer credit and home loans

Article D314-26

…red to in 2° of Article D. 314-23 as well as the continuing education referred to in Article D. 314-25 : 1° Their purpose is to enable people to acquire legal, economic and financial skills prior to e…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title III: PENALTIES

Article R532-1

If you disregard the provisions of an order issued pursuant to articles L. 521-17 ou L. 521-25 : 1° Manufacturing, importing, exporting, placing on the market free of charge or against payment, holdin…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XV: Prosecution, investigation and trial of acts of terrorism

Article R50-79

In the exercise of the powers provided for in the fifth paragraph of I of Article 706-25-16, the Sentence Enforcement Judge of the Paris Judicial Court shall appoint the penitentiary integration and p…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Interprofessional redistribution

Article R444-33

…6 informs the applicant that the aid is subject to the provisions of Regulation (EU) No 360/2012 of 25 April 2012 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the Eur…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Sociétés coopératives ouvrières de production, agricultural cooperatives.

Article R3323-9

…to be equal, for each financial year, to the net management surpluses defined in article 32 of law no. 78-763 of 19 July 1978 on the status of sociétés coopératives de production, less the fraction e…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Criminal provisions

Article R3262-46

…ticles R. 3262-1, R. 3262-2, R. 3262-4 to R. 3262-11, R. 3262-16, R. 3262-17, R. 3262-20 to R. 3262-25, R. 3262-33 to R. 3262-35 and R. 3262-37 to R. 3262-39 , as well as to obstruction of the supervi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D4162-1

I.-The minimum proportion of employees mentioned in 1° of I of Article L. 4162-1 is set at 25% of the workforce. II - For the application of 2° of I of article L. 4162-1 of the Labour Code, the compan…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Declarations to be made by legal entities

Article A123-19

…pursuant to Article 10 of Regulation EEC No 2137-85 of the Council of the European Communities of 25 July 1985 on the establishment of a European Economic Interest Grouping, to the formalities provi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Operating conditions

Article R5124-23

Subject to the provisions of articles R. 5124-25 to R. 5124-28-1, the competent corporate body of a company or organisation mentioned in article R. 5124-2 appoints, at the same time as the responsible…

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