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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Social alert rights

Article L2312-71

…e measures it is implementing as part of a plan to reduce precariousness and limit the use of these forms of employment contract.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Composition, election and term of office.

Article L2333-4

…the rule of proportional representation with the highest remainder. Where, for all the undertakings forming part of the group, at least half of the elected representatives of one or more colleges have…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions specific to the départements of Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin.

Article L3134-4

…g statutes, adopted after consultation with employers and employees and published in the prescribed form, the départements or communes may reduce working hours or prohibit work altogether for all comm…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Admission to psychiatric care of prisoners suffering from mental disorders

Article L3214-1

…rticle L. 3214-3. Prisoners admitted for psychiatric care without consent are only cared for in the form mentioned in 1° of I of article L. 3211-2-1. They are hospitalised in a healthcare establishmen…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Calculation methods for fiction, animation and audiovisual adaptations of live performances

Article 311-46

For works belonging to the genre of audiovisual adaptation of live performances, where the sums calculated exceed a ceiling corresponding to one and a half times the amount of the cash contribution fr…

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

Article 722-11

…the presentation file or the log; 4° Production or purchase of a foreign-language voice-over; 5° Reformatting into an international format, excluding high definition; 6° Production of foreign-languag…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IX: Leasing of shares

Article L239-2

…of which is set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat. It is made enforceable against the company in the forms provided for in Article 1690 of the Civil Code. The delivery of the shares or units is made on…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Endorsement.

Article L511-8

…ge the words "not to order" or an equivalent expression, the instrument is transferable only in the form and with the effects of an ordinary assignment. Endorsement may be made even in favour of the d…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Approved bodies for the management of the right to authorise simultaneous, unabridged and unchanged retransmission and representation by a signal distributor

Article R323-2

…tary file by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, which must be submitted in the same form within one month of receipt of this letter.Accreditation is granted by order of the minister re…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Competent authority

Article R431-2

…heir application online themselves will be welcomed and accompanied to enable them to complete this formality.In addition, an alternative solution, in the form of a physical reception enabling the app…

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