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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 3: Support for project development

Article 422-20

…311-19, to more than 60% of the final production cost of the work; 3° For difficult long-form or low-budget cinematographic works covered by article…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Investment of sums held in the automatic video editing account

Article 611-18

The videogram publisher is required to repay the sums invested in the following cases: 1° For long-form cinematographic works: a) When investment approval has been granted and the cinematographic work…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Demergers involving the participation of joint stock companies or limited liability companies

Article L236-22

…e division is to be carried out by contributions to new companies, each of the new companies may be formed without any contribution other than that of the divided company. In this case, and if the sha…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Transfer of the business.

Article L642-1

…ransfer may be total or partial. In the latter case, it relates to a set of operating elements that form one or more complete and autonomous branches of activity. Where a whole consists essentially of…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: General obligation to provide pre-contractual information

Article R111-2

For the application of the provisions of Article L. 111-2, in addition to the information provided for in Article R. 111-1, the trader shall communicate to the consumer or make available to the consum…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Criminal penalties

Article 1751

…on the minute, before registration. The sequestration is entrusted to the estates department in the forms and conditions provided for by the validated law of 5 October 1940, relating to assets placed…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Introduction of profit-sharing.

Article L3312-6

…graph of article L. 3333-2 if it involves all or some of the employees of undertakings which do not form a group.In both cases, the two-thirds majority required for ratification applies to employees f…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Public body responsible for adult vocational training

Article L5315-7

…of ordinary law. When an asset belonging to the public establishment is necessary for the proper performance of its public service missions or for the development of these missions, the State may oppo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Implementation through payment of an annual contribution.

Article L5212-9

…jobs requiring particular conditions of aptitude occupied by employees of the company may take the form of a deduction from the amount of the annual contribution.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Pharmacies for internal use.

Article L5126-5

…xt of supplies to shipping companies operating ships and on presentation of the corresponding order form.

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