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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Composition and management of the plan.

Article R3332-21

In the case provided for in article R. 3332-20, where the employee savings plan has not been set up in application of an agreement with the personnel, the social and economic committee, where it exist…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Pre-implementation and post-implementation aid committees

Article 211-151

The costing committee responsible for proposing the amount of aid is made up of one of the co-chairmen of each commission. For each project, the co-chair of the relevant committee has the casting vote…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Examination of applications

Article R3123-21

The following shall not be admitted to participate in the rest of the procedure for awarding the concession contract: 1° Candidates who submit an incomplete application, where applicable after impleme…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-section 5: Operation of the adversarial expert appraisal.

Article R5127-21

If the presumption of an offence is based on the laboratory analysis, the public prosecutor will inform the alleged perpetrator of the fraud or falsification that he or she may obtain the laboratory r…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Acquisition of French nationality by birth and residence in France

Article 21-8

The interested party has the option of declaring, under the conditions provided for in articles 26 et seq and provided that he proves that he has the nationality of a foreign State, that he declines F…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Specific investment for certain animated works

Article 211-67

When production companies have an automatic cinema production account, they must either have exhausted their investment possibilities under this account, or have less than €800,000 in the account. In…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Approval of investments

Article 211-44

In the case of a co-production, investment approval may be requested by each of the production companies not designated as delegated production companies by the co-production contract until the cinema…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 7: Communication of decisions

Article R531-21

The French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons shall inform the competent Prefect and the Director General of the French Office for Immigration and Integration of the meaning o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Refusal to renew.

Article L145-21

The owner may also defer the renewal of the lease for a maximum of three years if he proposes to raise the building and if this raising makes it necessary to temporarily evict the tenant. In this case…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation

Article D1432-21

The Supervisory Board may be chaired by the person whom the Regional Prefect, in the event of absence or impediment, appoints for this purpose from among the members mentioned in 1° of I of article D.…

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