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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and terms of allocation

Article 919-111

…Companies that have marketed abroad at least three cinematographic works during each of the years 2019, 2020 and 2021 or, if the company began its activity in 2018, 2019 or 2020, during each of the ye…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Group action

Article L652-2

…TEN L. 623-1 to L. 623-9 and L. 623-11 to L. 623-32 Resulting from the ordonnance n° 2016-301 du 14 mars 2016 L. 623-10 Resulting from the loi n° 2016-1547 du 18 novembre 2016

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IVa: Powers of investigation in public health matters

Article L1544-8-1

…L. 1421-3 for the performance of their duties, in the version resulting from Order No 2013-1183 of 19 December 2013 on the harmonisation of criminal and financial penalties relating to health product…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
section 2: Contracts concluded between a performer and a videogram producer

Article L212-7

Contracts entered into prior to 1 January 1986 between a performer and a producer of an audiovisual work or their assignees shall be subject to the foregoing provisions in respect of the modes of expl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
3. Holidays.

Article R6152-38

…icle R. 6152-39, on the list drawn up in application of article 28 of decree no. 86-442 of 14 March 1986 relating to the appointment of approved doctors, the organisation of medical committees and ref…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Performance of duties.

Article R6152-619

…care and which is on the list drawn up in application ofarticle 28 of decree no. 86-442 of 14 March 1986 relating to the appointment of approved doctors, the organisation of medical committees and ref…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Associate midwives

Article R6152-544

…the organisation of work in the establishments mentioned in article 2 of law no. 86-33 of 9 January 1986 on statutory provisions relating to the hospital civil service, with the exception of those of…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Powers and organisation for the protection of copyright and related rights

Article L331-13

…e member of the authority designated pursuant to IV of Article 4 of Law no. 86-1067 of 30 September 1986 on freedom of communication shall be responsible for carrying out the mission provided for in p…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Taxes, levies and other income allocated to the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (National Centre for Cinema and the Moving Image)

Article L116-5

…l'image animée :1° Proceeds from the reimbursement of advances on receipts granted before 1 January 1996 for the production of cinematographic works and, where applicable, proceeds from the licence fe…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article R351-8

…84 of 29 June 2016 R. 314-10 to R. 314-13 Resulting from Decree no. 2016-884 of 29 June 2016 R. 314-19 Resulting from Decree no. 2018-229 of 30 March 2018 relating to the dematerialisation of contract…

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