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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 919-6

The exceptional aid is subject to compliance with Commission Regulation (EU) No 1407/2013 of 18 December 2013 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the Europea…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Funds open to non-professional investors

Article D742-11

…right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 214-32-10n° 2013-687 of 25 July 2013D. 214-32-12no. 2020-286 of 21 March 2020D. 214-32-13 and D. 214-…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Funds open to non-professional investors

Article D743-11

…right-hand column of the same table:Applicable articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeD. 214-32-10n° 2013-687 of 25 July 2013D. 214-32-12no. 2020-286 of 21 March 2020D. 214-32-13 and D. 214-…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Operating grant

Article L2315-61

…he employer pays the social and economic committee an annual operating subsidy equivalent to : 1° 0.20% of the gross payroll in companies with between fifty and less than two thousand employees ; 2° 0…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to new building projects

Article R2431-13

…of applications and to examine them;3° To analyse the tenders and, where appropriate, the variants;4° To prepare the fine-tuning enabling the project owner to conclude the public contracts.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Financial reporting requirements

Article L451-1-6

…le for the centralised storage of regulated information, as provided for in Article 21 of Directive 2004/109/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 December 2004 on the harmonisation o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Insurance for research sponsors

Article R1121-6

The contracts referred to in article R. 1121-4 may not provide cover for less than : 1° 1,000,000 euros per victim ; 2° 6,000,000 euros per research protocol; 3° 10,000,000 euros for all claims made d…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Job search.

Article L5411-6

…pate in defining and updating the personalised employment access project referred to in article L. 5411-6-1, to carry out positive and repeated acts of job-seeking and to accept reasonable offers of e…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions common to investment services providers other than portfolio management companies

Article L533-12-4-1

…estment or related services to clients, shall be deemed to fulfil the obligations of Article L. 533-11 if : 1° Prior to the provision of execution services or research services or materials, the inves…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions relating to decisions taken by delegated federations

Article R*131-46

Pursuant to II of article 21 of the law of 12 April 2000 on the rights of citizens in their relations with administrations, if a delegated sports federation remains silent for two months, it is deemed…

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