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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter II: Feasibility assistance

Article 632-5

Feasibility grants are awarded and their amount is determined taking into consideration: 1° The project's ability to meet market needs, in line with the company's development strategy; 2° The technica…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2 : Cinematographic representation of a work of an advertising nature in a single département

Article R211-50

The minister responsible for culture may delegate his signature to the prefects for the issue of a cinematographic exhibition permit for cinematographic works of an advertising nature represented in a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employers employing casual entertainment workers.

Article L6331-56

The convention or agreement mentioned in article L. 6331-55, which determines the distribution of the contribution for the personal training account, skills development aid, work-linked training, prof…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employers employing casual entertainment workers.

Article L6331-55

By way of derogation from the provisions relating to the financing of the personal training account, set out in article L. 6331-6, from the financing obligation for employers set out in articles L. 63…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Responsibilities

Article L4433-4-4

International agreements concerning both areas of State competence and areas of regional competence are, in cases where the first paragraph of Articles L. 4433-4-2 and L. 4433-4-3-2 is not applied, ne…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Applicable regulations.

Article L1262-5

A decree of the Conseil d'Etat shall determine : 1° The conditions and procedures for application of the provisions relating to the matters listed in article L. 1262-4 ; 2° The conditions under which…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Ad hoc curators and ad hoc guardians

Article 455

In the absence of a subrogated curator or subrogated guardian, the curator or guardian whose interests are, on the occasion of an act or series of acts, in opposition to those of the protected person…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Publication of information, transparency and comparison of tenders

Article L224-42-4

An online platform operator, within the meaning of article L. 111-7, offering end-users, free of charge, a tool for comparing and evaluating publicly available Internet access service offerings and in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Operating rules

Article L214-24-51

I. - The sums available for distribution by a general purpose investment fund are made up of :1° Net income plus retained earnings plus or minus the balance of the income equalisation account;2° Reali…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Operating rules

Article L214-24-52

Notwithstanding the provisions of the first paragraph of article L. 123-22 of the French Commercial Code, the accounts of a general-purpose investment fund may be kept in any currency, in accordance w…

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