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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Voting procedure and election results.

Article L2314-26

…laid down by a decree of the Conseil d'Etat issued after consulting the Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés, if a company agreement or, failing that, the employer so decides. Separa…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions applicable after the registration of the European Cooperative Society

Article L2364-1

…the appropriate level may decide to abolish or to adjust the operating conditions, possibly in the form of a redefinition of their national scope of intervention, of the staff representative bodies w…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Invalidity.

Article R322-90

…ticles R. 322-106-1, R. 322-117, R. 322-124 and R. 322-159, any company referred to in this section formed in breach of articles R. 322-46 to R. 322-64 shall be null and void. However, neither the com…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Exceptional registration due to difficulties in exhibiting and manufacturing cinematographic works as a result of the health crisis

Article 919-20

…companies shall send electronically, between 1 September 2021 and 31 December 2021, an application form drawn up by the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée accompanied by any supporting do…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 6 : Exceptional aid to compensate for the loss of turnover due to the ban on the sale and consumption of food and drink in cinemas

Article 919-93

Exceptional aid is granted in the form of a direct allocation to operators of cinematographic entertainment establishments to help compensate for the loss of turnover suffered as a result of the ban o…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Procedures for amending the single copy and the certificate of transferability in the case of services entrusted to a subcontractor eligible for direct payment

Article R2193-6

…hat the amount has been reduced so that such payment is possible.This proof must be provided in the form of a certificate from the beneficiary of the assignment or pledging of receivables.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Award notice

Article R3125-6

…out in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1986 of 11 November 2015 establishing standard forms for the publication of notices in the framework of the award of public contracts and repealing…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Issue and maintenance of plant variety certificates

Article R623-11

…at least the documents referred to in Article R. 623-5, even if these documents are not regular in form. If the filing does not include the aforementioned documents, the application is declared inadm…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Common provisions

Article R718-4

…ipt, on the premises of the National Institute of Industrial Property or by a message in electronic form in accordance with the procedures laid down by the Director General of the Institute to guarant…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Public authorities, public institutions or public utilities

Article 1046

…obiliers soumis à un droit de jouissance exclusif, whether notarised or concluded in administrative form, are exempt from registration duties and land registration tax.

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