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Showing 42214230 of 62271 articles for Art. Trib. com. Bobigny 18 May 2018 · CA Lyon 12 September 2019 · Decree 2020-118 of 12 February 2020

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and terms of allocation

Article 919-113

The granting of exceptional aid is subject to the provisions of national framework scheme no. SA.62102 authorised by the European Commission by decisions of 16 March 2021 C(2021) 1902, 9 December 2020…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Value added tax compensation fund

Article L1615-13

The seventh and eighth paragraphs of Article L. 1615-2, the second paragraph of Article L. 1615-3, Articles L. 1615-7, L. 1615-10, L. 1615-11 and L. 1615-12 as well as the fourth paragraph of I of Art…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions relating to the compensation fund for the interruption or abandonment of film or audiovisual shoots due to the covid-19 epidemic

Article 913-2

…delegated production company wishing to receive assistance from the compensation fund in the event of an incident during filming must have joined the fund prior to the incident and any request for as…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Minimum safety distances.

Article R4534-110

Any employer planning to carry out earthworks, excavations, drilling or excavation work must find out from the relevant road authority in the case of work on public property, from the owner in the cas…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Minimum safety distances.

Article R4534-108

Any employer who intends to carry out work in the vicinity of electrical lines or installations shall obtain information from the operator, whether the local representative of the energy distribution…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Minimum safety distances.

Article R4534-109

…ances to be observed in relation to normally energised bare conductive parts, account must be taken of: 1° All possible movements of the energised bare conductive parts of the electrical line, pipe or…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Live working.

Article R4534-119

When the work to be carried out is in the vicinity of an electrical line or installation other than an underground pipeline and the operator, for a reason which he considers imperative, considers that…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 916-41

The granting of this aid is subject to the provisions of national framework scheme no. SA.57299 authorised by the European Commission by decisions of 20 May 2020 C(2020) 3460 and 25 May 2020, C(2020)…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Submission and processing of visa and travel authorisation applications

Article R312-1

The person applying for the issue of a visa is required to produce an identity photograph and to agree to his/her fingerprints being taken, for the purposes of registration in the automated processing…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Involuntary hospitalisation

Article D47-29-4

…s a decision that a person is not criminally responsible orders, in accordance with Article 706-135 of this Code, the compulsory hospitalisation of the person when this has already been decided by the…

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