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Showing 27612770 of 57637 articles for Art. Law 89-462 of 6 July 1989

French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Approval, training and swearing-in of persons responsible for inspections.

Article R232-68

…son may obtain the authorisation provided for in this article if he or she has been the perpetrator of acts which have given rise to a criminal conviction for acts contrary to honour, probity or moral…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for taking up the activity of financial investment adviser

Article L541-6

…intended to remunerate their activity. II -Financial investment advisors may not claim the benefit of the provisions of articles L. 532-23 and L. 532-24.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Employee participation on the Board of Directors and the Supervisory Board.

Article L2373-6

In the absence of an agreement by the special negotiation body on the choice of the form of employee participation, the directors of the companies participating in the cross-border operation determine…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Admission to psychiatric care by decision of the State representative.

Article L3213-6

…the person concerned, in a medical opinion based on his or her medical file, that the mental state of this person requires care and compromises the safety of individuals or seriously affects public o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IIIa: Combating the misuse and dangerous use of everyday consumer products

Article L3823-6

Infringements of the provisions of articles L. 3611-1 to L. 3611-3 and the regulations adopted for their application are investigated and recorded by officers and agents of the judicial police, in acc…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: The guarantee fund for victims of terrorism and other offences.

Article R422-6

As soon as an act of terrorism occurs, the public prosecutor or the competent diplomatic or consular authority informs the guarantee fund without delay of the circumstances of the event and the identi…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Calculation of sums entered in the automatic cinema exhibition account

Article 232-6

The weighting coefficient is :- 1.06 when the establishment has one, two or more than twelve cinemas;- 1.11 when the establishment has three cinemas;- 1.17 when the establishment has four cinemas;- 1.…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Calculation of amounts credited to the automatic video publishing account

Article 611-11

The calculation rate is set at 4.5%.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Calculation of sums entered in the automatic online broadcast account

Article 612-11

The calculation rates are set at :- 15% for publishers of on-demand audiovisual media services whose total worldwide turnover excluding tax from the exploitation of cinematographic and audiovisual wor…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Allocation of sums held in the automatic online broadcast account

Article 612-14

Sums held in the automatic online broadcasting account may be invested for online broadcasting of : 1° Long-length cinematographic works for which investment approval has been granted at the time the…

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