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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and operation

Article R121-26

The Office français de l'immigration et de l'intégration may take in civil servants on secondment or secondment, as well as civil servants from public or private bodies managing a public service, with…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation and operation

Article R121-20

Subject to the provisions of Article R. 121-29, the deliberations of the Board of Directors of the French Office for Immigration and Integration are enforceable by operation of law fifteen days after…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Compensation for pre-trial detention

Article R40-2

If the application is dismissed, the applicant shall be ordered to pay the costs, unless the first president of the court of appeal discharges the applicant in part or in full. The decision of the fir…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: House arrest with electronic surveillance

Article D32-22

When a person who has been placed under house arrest with electronic surveillance is notified of a decision to dismiss the case, he or she shall be notified of his or her right to compensation, in acc…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Supplementary provisions

Article D3121-24

In the absence of an agreement as provided for in I of Article L. 3121-33, the annual overtime quota is set at two hundred and twenty hours per employee. The first paragraph does not apply to the empl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article R3121-2

At the end of each month, the employer will provide each employee concerned with a document summarising the number of on-call hours worked during the previous month and the corresponding compensation.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Groupement de coopération sanitaire (healthcare cooperation group) set up as a healthcare establishment

Article R6133-21

I.-In application of the third paragraph of article L. 6133-8, the Director General of the Regional Health Agency decides on the applicable fee scale, after taking note of the option expressed by the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Groupement de coopération sanitaire (healthcare cooperation group) set up as a healthcare establishment

Article R6133-20

When the Director General of the Regional Health Agency withdraws, or does not renew, a healthcare activity authorisation granted to a Groupement de Coopération Sanitaire set up as a private health es…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions relating to video game companies and video games

Article D331-20

For the application of 1° of 1 of III of Article 220 terdecies of the French General Tax Code, the cost of developing a video game is understood to be all the expenditure incurred by the video game cr…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions relating to video game companies and video games

Article D331-21

For the application of 2° of 1 of III of article 220 terdecies of the General Tax Code, the video game is finalised in the form of a first version ready to be duplicated with a view to its marketing o…

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