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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Allocation of sums held in the automatic foreign promotion account

Article 721-22

…tion of expenditure relating to the organisation of receptions or parties;12° Putting works on line;13° Protection against the risks of counterfeiting;14° Formatting a cinematographic work using stere…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Invoicing and payment terms

Article L441-16

…ovided for in I of Article L. 441-10, II of Article L. 441-11, Article L. 441-12 and Article L. 441-13;b) Not indicating, in the terms of payment set out in I of Article L. 441-1, the information prov…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IV: Free pricing and competition.

Article L450-3-1

…r legislative or regulatory provisions. It may not, under the penalties provided for in article 226-13 of the Penal Code, divulge information of which it has become aware in this context.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: National Consumer Institute

Article L822-10

…that it considers useful for carrying out its duties, without being able to oppose the articles 226-13 and 226-14 of the Penal Code or article L. 1227-1 of the Labour Code. The Chairman of the Commiss…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Public industrial and commercial services

Article L2573-26

…rd paragraph of Article L. 2224-5, the words: "under the conditions provided for in Article L. 1411-13" are replaced by the words: "on site at the town hall and, where applicable, at the annexed town…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Aid for specific purposes

Article L3232-1-1

…ance of aquatic environments and flood prevention, by the water offices provided for in article L. 213-13 of the Environment Code.In Corsica, the technical assistance missions provided for in the firs…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L5134-111

…cle L. 1253-1; 5° The structures for integration through economic activity mentioned in article L. 5132-4 ; 6° Legal entities under private law responsible for managing a public service;7° Sociétés co…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Public hospital service

Article L6112-5

…lic hospital service may be suspended or withdrawn, under the conditions set out in article L. 6122-13 of this code. A rider to the multiannual contract of objectives and resources specifies the condi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Referencing digital health services and tools in the digital health space

Article R1111-39

…rovide to the holder when obtaining his prior express consent as required by III of article L. 1111-13-1. The referencing committee may ask the publisher for any additional documents or information th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Appeals

Article D1242-1

…mic integration activities carried out by the intermediary associations provided for in article L. 5132-7 ; 13° The recruitment of workers in order to make them available to natural persons for a fee,…

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