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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Working hours and rest periods

Article R7124-30-1

In the entertainment sector, night work by children under the age of 16 may only be authorised up to midnight.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Composition

Article R2314-1

…umber of employees Number of members Monthly number of delegation hours Total delegation hours 11 à 24 1 10 10 25 à 49 2 10 20 50 à 74 4 18 72 75 à 99 5 19 95 100 à 124 6 21 126 125 à 149 7 21 147 150…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 9: Contract for the enjoyment of immovable property on a timeshare basis.

Article R211-44

The minimum amount of cover referred to in the fourth paragraph of article L. 211-24 is set at the sum of 100,000 euros.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L811-1-1

…138-4, L. 138-5 and L. 139-1 are applicable in their wording resulting from Order no. 2021-1518 of 24 November 2021. Articles L. 211-3 and L. 211-8 are applicable in their wording resulting from Orde…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Responsibility of the competent authorities

Article L532-45

…horisation required in Article L. 532-30 or without the notification referred to in Articles L. 214-24-1 and L. 214-24-2 or without being authorised to do so by the Member States concerned in accordan…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Restrictive competition practices

Article L442-7

…rice, account is taken in particular of the production cost indicators mentioned in articles L. 631-24, L. 631-24-1, L. 631-24-3 and L. 632-2-1 of the French Rural and Maritime Fishing Code or, where…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Hosting of personal health data on digital media subject to certification

Article R1111-10

…tification reference framework drawn up by the public interest group referred to in article L. 1111-24 and approved by order of the Minister for Health, issued after consultation with the Commission n…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Procedure for processing applications

Article R1142-63-7

The application referred to in Article L. 1142-24-2 shall be sent to the Office by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or lodged with the Office in return for a receipt. It is accompanie…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 5: Powers of the State representative

Article L2573-22

…y of French Polynesia, under the conditions set out in Article 34 of the Organic Law of 27 February 2004 on the autonomous status of French Polynesia. An agreement between the State and French Polynes…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Suspicious transaction reports

Article L621-17-3

…g Directive 2003/6/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Directives 2003/124/EC, 2003/125/EC and 2004/72/EC, of which the Public Prosecutor is notified, is not included in th…

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