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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Exceptional aid to help people return to work in 2021

Article 919-37

To receive the exceptional aid, the distribution company must submit the application form drawn up by the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée electronically by 24 August 2021 at the latest.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Exceptional aid to help people return to work in 2021

Article 919-35

The decision to award aid is taken after consultation with the first college of the Film Distribution Aid Commission.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Court-appointed estate agents.

Article 813-9

The judgment appointing the estate agent sets the duration of his assignment and his remuneration. At the request of one of the persons mentioned in the second paragraph of Article 813-1 or Article 81…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4371-9

The following shall be determined by decree of the Conseil d'Etat: 1° Where necessary, the professional rules ; 2° The composition and operation of the commission referred to in article L. 4371-4 and…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Conditions for meeting the costs of procedures and support and agreements

Article R6422-11

When the costs of actions to validate prior learning are covered by the employer or by one or more of the bodies mentioned in article L. 6316-1, in the absence of mobilisation of the personal training…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Subsidiaries, holdings and controlled companies

Article L233-9

I.-The following are treated in the same way as the shares or voting rights referred to in I of Article L. 233-7: 1° Shares or voting rights owned by other persons on behalf of that person; 2° Shares…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title IV: PERSONAL RETABLISHMENT

Article R743-1

In the event of the total cancellation of a debt corresponding to the amount of an unpaid cheque, which is deemed to be the regularisation of the payment incident pursuant to the provisions of Article…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Sub-section 2: Special provisions applicable to inter-municipal tourist offices constituted in the form of a public industrial and commercial establishment.

Article R134-12

Articles R. 133-1 to R. 133-18 apply to inter-municipal tourist offices set up as a public industrial and commercial establishment. For the application of the articles mentioned in the first paragraph…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Derogations

Article R4437-1

In exceptional cases where, due to the nature of the work and in the absence of any technical alternative, the permanent use of individual hearing protectors is likely to result in a greater health or…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter V: Special provisions relating to co-insurance of certain group operations with insurance undertakings governed by the Social Security Code and the Mutual Code

Article L145-9

For the application of the fifth paragraph of Article L. 114-1 and the second occurrence of Article L. 114-2, the reference to the insured person is replaced by the reference to the employer or, where…

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