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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Supplementary provisions

Article L3141-23

In the absence of a stipulation in the agreement concluded in application of article L. 3141-22 : 1° The continuous fraction of at least twelve working days is allocated during the period from 1st May…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: The insurance certificate.

Article R211-21-2

For the application of article R. 211-21-1, any insurance company operating in the territory of the French Republic must issue, free of charge, a certificate for each of the vehicles covered by the co…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Measures to boost cinema distribution

Article 916-11

In order to encourage cinematographic distribution companies to contribute to the revival of cinematographic production, direct allocations are granted to them in addition to the sums they invest, pur…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Direct allowances to supplement the new horizontal aid to compensate for reduced activity

Article 919-92

The combined amount of the new cross-sectoral aid to compensate for the fall in business activity and the additional direct allowance may not exceed the actual loss of turnover recorded over the perio…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Annual tax

Article 1478

I. - The business property tax is due for the entire year by the taxpayer who carries out the activity on 1 January.However, a taxpayer who ceases all activity in an establishment is not liable for th…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Duration of protection

Article L123-4

For posthumous works, the duration of the exclusive right is that set out in article L. 123-1. For posthumous works disclosed after the expiry of this period, the term of the exclusive right is twenty…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Collection of data and information

Article R444-20

I.-Pursuant to 1° of Article L. 444-5, practising professionals on 1 January of the calendar year shall provide the Ministers of Justice and the Economy, for the purposes of statistical verification,…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 7: Investment aid fund for departmental and territorial fire and rescue services

Article D1424-32-3

The grants from the investment aid fund provided for in article L. 1424-36-1 are distributed each year between the departmental and territorial fire and rescue services and the commune of Marseille on…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Arrangements for access to individual dosimetric monitoring data

Article R4451-68

I.-The occupational health physician shall have access, in their nominative form, to the results of individual dosimetric monitoring as well as to the effective dose of each worker for whom he is resp…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Calculation and payment of the allowance

Article R5123-33

The reference salary is determined on the basis of the remuneration on which contributions to the unemployment insurance scheme were based for the last twelve calendar months prior to joining the sche…

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