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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Investigation

Article R4443-5

Articles R. 4234-18 to R. 4234-22 are applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia in the version published in Decree no. 2022-381 of 16 March 2022.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Exceptional provisions relating to selective distribution aid

Article 919-41

…vided for in article 223-1 awarded under an annual distribution programme during the years 2022 and 2023, the distribution company must :1° Have distributed at least six cinematographic works over the…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Exceptional provisions relating to selective distribution aid

Article 919-42

…vided for in article 223-9 awarded under an annual distribution programme during the years 2022 and 2023, the distribution company must :1° Have distributed at least six cinematographic works over the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article R3142-17

…t of a dispute, the industrial tribunal to which the matter is referred pursuant to Article L. 3142-29 shall have final jurisdiction.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations of the project owner.

Article R4532-7

…search for and identification of materials containing asbestos, as provided for in articles R. 1334-29-4 to R. 1334-29-6 of the Public Health Code andarticle R.126-10 of the Building and Housing Code…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article R5221-18

The provisions of articles R. 5211-25 to R. 5211-29 are applicable to in vitro diagnostic medical devices.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Embryo reception.

Article R2141-4

A practitioner meeting the criteria mentioned in articles R. 2142-10 and R. 2142-11 practising within the centre mentioned in the first paragraph of article R. 2141-3 will enquire about the personal a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Invoicing and payment terms

Article R441-7

…sectors defined in III of Article L. 441-15 are: 1° The motor industry sector listed under division 29 of section C of the French activity nomenclature; >The construction sector listed under section F…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Initial risk assessment

Article R4412-97-5

…decrees mentioned in II of article R. 4412-97. The technical files referred to in articles R. 1334-29-4 to R. 1334-29-6 of the Public Health Code andarticle R. 126-10 of the Construction and Housing…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Retirement.

Article L2123-30

Retirement pensions already liquidated and rights acquired before 30 March 1992 by elected municipal officials continue to be honoured by the institutions and bodies with which they have been constitu…

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