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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Youth employment contract

Article R5131-21

…deprived of employment pursuant to Title II of Book IV of Part Five of the Labour Code and article L. 1233-68 of the same code; 2° Income from vocational training courses; 3° Remuneration received as…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article R5124-2

…ation engaged in the manufacture of medicinal products, products or articles referred to in article L. 4211-1 , with a view to their wholesale sale, free transfer or testing on humans.Manufacturing in…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Reduced rate

Article 278 sexies

…ans housing to which personalised housing assistance applies in accordance with 3° or 5° of Article L. 831-1 of the Construction and Housing Code; 2° A regulated loan is defined as a loan granted to f…

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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

In order to benefit from the registration of sums in their automatic account, delegated production companies shall send electronically, between 1 September 2021 and 31 December 2021, an application fo…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General procedural rules

Article R331-24

…rised to refer matters to the authority by virtue of the provisions of this sub-section or articles L. 137-4, L. 219-4, L. 331-29 to L. 331-31 and L. 331-33;-the purpose of the referral, which must be…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Operating rights

Article R333-2

…set out inArticle R. 333-1, the professional league or the commercial company referred to inArticle L. 333-2-1 shall market on an exclusive basis the audiovisual exploitation and live or slightly defe…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: Formation of the credit agreement

Article R313-24

…rower wishes to make use of the option to substitute the insurance contract provided for in Article L. 313-30 after the loan offer referred to in Article L. 313-24, the borrower sends the loan offer i…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Inventions by natural persons who are not employees or public servants, hosted by a legal person carrying out research

Article R611-22

Inventions whose author is an inventor covered by article L. 611-7-1, hosted by a legal entity carrying out research in which, at the date of the invention declaration, more than half of the permanent…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Inventions by natural persons who are not employees or public servants, hosted by a legal person carrying out research

Article R611-21

Inventions whose author is an inventor covered by article L. 611-7-1, hosted by a legal entity carrying out research in which, at the date of the invention declaration, at least half of the permanent…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Consultation of the file and issue of copies

Article 1222-2

The file of the minor under guardianship may be consulted at the court registry by the petitioner, the guardian, the parents or, where applicable, their lawyers, until a decision is made on the petiti…

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