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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Recruitment and status of contract agents

Article L113-1

…mployees of the Centre national de la cinématographie in post on the date of publication of law no. 2007-148 of 2 February 2007 on the modernisation of the civil service and who have been recruited on…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter IV: Performance of the concession contract by third parties

Article L3134-3

…e II of Book I of Part Two of the Transport Code covered by Article 5(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2007 on public passenger transport…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Introduction of a foreign worker.

Article L5221-2-1

By way of derogation from article L. 5221-2, the following are not subject to the condition laid down in 2° of the same article L. 5221-2: 1° Foreign nationals who enter France in order to work for a…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: The European Small Claims Procedure.

Article 1382

This chapter relates to the European Small Claims Procedure provided for in Regulation (EC) No 861/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 July 2007 establishing a European Small Clai…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter Va: Divorce and legal separation by mutual consent by private deed countersigned by lawyers and filed with a notary

Article 1146

…a translation carried out by an authorised translator within the meaning of article 7 du décret n° 2007-1205 du 10 août 2007. The agreement is filed within fifteen days of the date on which it is rec…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R732-6

…31-1-1No. 2006-1115 of 5 September 2006R. 131-2 to R. 131-9n° 2005-1007 of 2 August 2005R. 131-10n° 2007-431 of 25 March 2007

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R733-6

…31-1-1No. 2006-1115 of 5 September 2006R. 131-2 to R. 131-9n° 2005-1007 of 2 August 2005R. 131-10n° 2007-431 of 25 March 2007

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter II: WORKS

Article R2412-1

…elating to the extractive industries and Section C relating to manufacturing industry of Decree no. 2007-1888 of 26 December 2007 approving the nomenclatures of French activities and products;2° Power…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R734-6

…31-1-1No. 2006-1115 of 5 September 2006R. 131-2 to R. 131-9n° 2005-1007 of 2 August 2005R. 131-10n° 2007-431 of 25 March 2007

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General authorisation conditions

Article R4211-53

…L. 1243-2 and which meet the conditions for obtaining the authorisation provided for in Article L. 4211-9-2 to carry out, in the context of the research referred to in the first paragraph of Article L…

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