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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Réunion

Article R6523-17

…6123-3 to R. 6123-3-2, the committee in each of the local authorities mentioned in article R. 6523-15 is responsible for :a) Issuing an opinion on the regional charter or plan for preventing and comb…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L613-38

…he European Union and, subject to the provisions of Article L. 632-13-1, I and II of Article L. 613-15-2 and Articles L. 613-62 to L. 613-62-2, their subsidiaries established outside the European Unio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 7: Provisions relating to the implementation of other resolution measures

Article L613-56-8

…L. 330-1 or their managers, to central counterparties within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 and to central banks. Where the re…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Cooperation and exchanges of information between authorities

Article L631-1

…he performance of their respective duties in order to ensure compliance with Regulation (EU) No 260/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 March 2012 establishing technical and comme…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Professional sport

Article L222-19

…d to in the second paragraph of article L. 222-17; c) The agreements referred to in articles L. 222-15-1 and L. 222-16; 2° Failure to comply with articles L. 222-5 and L. 222-7 to L. 222-18 ; 3° Non-c…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Safety at sporting events

Article L332-7

…cular ethnic group, nation, race or religion is punishable by one year's imprisonment and a fine of 15,000 euros. Any attempt to commit the offence referred to in the first paragraph shall be subject…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions relating to production companies and cinematographic or audiovisual works

Article D331-39

…t belong to the fiction or animation genres. Works belonging to the fiction genre in which at least 15% of the shots, i.e. an average of one and a half shots per minute, are digitally processed in ord…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Support measures for authors of fictional or animated cinematographic works

Article 919-2

…between 1 October 2021 and 31 December 2022, the ceiling stipulated in article 212-8 is raised to €15,000.The amount of aid granted between 1 January 2021 and 30 September 2021 is subject to an incre…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article L814-16

…s to the Caisse des dépôts et consignations that the separate account referred to in Article L. 814-15 has not been the subject of any transaction, other than the recording of interest and the debitin…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Scope of application of plant variety certificates, duration and scope of the breeder's right

Article R623-58

…from a plant variety certificate, wishes to make use of the option offered to him by Article L. 623-15 to attach a trademark or service mark to the variety denomination, whether this trademark is his…

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