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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions relating to the compensation fund for the interruption or abandonment of film or audiovisual shoots due to the covid-19 epidemic

Article 913-5

…tial to the filming of the work, as designated in the insurance contract, are affected by the covid-19 virus;b) The stoppage of all or part of the production team due to cases of the covid-19 virus in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Implementation of the guarantee

Article R1251-23

…r disputes the existence, due date or amount of the claim, the employee or the social security body may take the guarantor directly to court.

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Concessions.

Article R2223-23

A centenary or perpetual plot may not be repossessed if the municipality or a public institution is obliged to maintain it in execution of a duly accepted donation or testamentary disposition.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Redemption option.

Article 1671

…ly and of the whole inheritance together, and each has sold only the share which he had in it, they may separately exercise the action of redemption on the portion which belonged to them;And the purch…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Turnover taxes and similar taxes

Article 1693 quater B

I.-A person liable for the tax provided for in article 299 who is not subject to the simplified actual taxation scheme provided for in article 302 septies A not allowed to file its returns by calendar…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Obligations of the purchaser.

Article 1656

…f payment of the price within the agreed term, the sale would be cancelled ipso jure, the purchaser may nevertheless pay after the expiry of the term, as long as he has not been put in default by a su…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Implementation

Article L224-23

A compulsory retirement savings plan may be set up using one of the methods mentioned inArticle L. 911-1 of the Social Security Code.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Loss of French nationality

Article 23-6

The loss of French nationality may be established by judgement when the person concerned, French by descent, does not have possession of French nationality and has never had his or her habitual reside…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Allocation of working hours

Article L3123-23

…ended or approved in application ofarticle L. 314-6 of the Code de l'Action Sociale et des Familles may define the distribution of working hours for part-time employees during the working day. If this…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Voluntary termination of pregnancy by medication.

Article R6323-23

Centres that have signed the agreement referred to in the second paragraph of article L. 2212-2 may carry out voluntary interruptions of pregnancy using medication.

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