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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Other conditions of access and practice.

Article A512-4

…indemnity insurance contract provided for in I of article R. 512-14 shall include obligations that may not be less than those defined below:1° The minimum level of cover under the insurance contract…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Advertising and promotion

Article R5124-65

Subject to the provisions of article L. 1453-7, and articles L. 4311-28, L. 4321-20 and L. 4343-1, advertising in favour of pharmaceutical companies and establishments may not include any offer of pre…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Guarantee undertaking

Article R7123-29

When a modelling agency's guarantee commitment comes to an end, the agency may continue its activity only if it has obtained, under the conditions provided for in articles R. 7123-26 to R. 7123-28, an…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Financial provisions.

Article L5212-25

…greater than 10% of the revenue of the operating section, in the case of a commune with fewer than 20,000 inhabitants, and 5% in other cases, each member commune may request the syndicate committee t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition and mandate of employee representatives

Article R1233-9

…ns and under the conditions provided for: 1° In the first paragraph of the Article 22 of Decree no. 2020-1427 of 20 November 2020 relating to administrative social committees in State administrations…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
A: Standard rate

Article 278

The standard rate of value added tax is set at 20%.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 621-12

The amount of the direct allocation is set at 20% of production expenses.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article R2681-3

…11-19 to L. 511-21 of the Code de la construction et de l'habitation and to 1° and 2° of article L. 201-2 of the Code rural et de la pêche maritime are replaced by references to locally applicable pro…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Minimum working hours and overtime

Article L3123-28

In the absence of an agreement as provided for in Article L. 3123-20, the number of overtime hours worked by a part-time employee during the same week or month or over the period provided for by a col…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Contracts for the commissioning of one or more artistic works to be created

Article R2172-14

…tted an unsuccessful project to the Artistic Committee will receive compensation.Total compensation may not exceed 20% of the amount defined in article 2 of decree no. 2002-677 of 29 April 2002 relati…

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