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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Audit of operating accounts

Article L213-36

…lsory on the basis of Article L. 132-25 of the Intellectual Property Code, as it stood prior to Law 2016-925 of 7 July 2016 on the freedom of creation, architecture and heritage, or Article L. 132-25-…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations of distributors

Article L251-6

…In the absence of professional agreements made compulsory within one year of the publication of Law 2016-925 of 7 July 2016 on the freedom of creation, architecture and heritage, the form of the opera…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Principles.

Article L4311-6

…ovisions of this Title and the texts adopted for its application, the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2016/425 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on personal protective equipm…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: French Health Products Safety Agency.

Article L5523-1

…pplicable in the territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the version resulting from Order No. 2016-966 of 15 July 2016.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to group actions

Article L1134-9

By way of derogation from Article 64 of Law 2016-1547 of 18 November 2016 on the modernisation of justice for the 21st century, prior to initiating the group action mentioned in Article L. 1134-7, the…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations of delegated producers

Article L251-2

…In the absence of professional agreements made compulsory within one year of the publication of Law 2016-925 of 7 July 2016 on the freedom of creation, architecture and heritage, the form of the produ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Data processing carried out by the Agence de la biomédecine

Article R2143-10

I.-The processing of personal data provided for in Article L. 2143-4 is called the "Gamete and Embryo Donation Register". This processing, placed under the responsibility of the Agence de la biomédeci…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Extension of employment

Article R6152-814

…cle 135 of law no. 2004-806 of 9 August 2004 relating to public health policy, as amended byarticle 141 of law no. 2016-41 of 26 January 2016 relating to the modernisation of our healthcare system, to…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Merger

Article R236-15

The period provided for in the third paragraph of article L. 236-14 is three months from the last publication formality or the sending of the simple or registered letter provided for in article R. 236…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 9: Compensation for victims of injury resulting from contamination by the hepatitis C virus caused by a transfusion of blood products or an injection of blood-derived medicinal products

Article R1221-75

…territorial jurisdiction to hear the actions referred to in the fourth paragraph of Article L. 1221-14 is determined in accordance with Article R. 312-14-1 of the Code of Administrative Justice.

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