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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Direct production allowances for parity between women and men

Article 211-81

1° For cinematographic works belonging to the fiction genre, direct allocations are awarded when one of the following two conditions is met:- five points are obtained for a function or position held b…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Joint regional committees

Article R6156-79

I.-The joint regional commission attached to each director general of a regional health agency comprises twenty-eight members divided into two colleges: 1° A college representing the medical, odontolo…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Appeals to the Court of Appeal against decisions of the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property

Article R411-30

…iod of three months from the notification of the claimant's pleadings referred to in Article R. 411-29 to file his pleadings with the registry and lodge, where appropriate, a cross-appeal.Under the sa…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Itinerant commercial and craft activities.

Article R123-208-8

…itinerant commercial or craft activity without the prior declaration provided for in article L. 123-29 of the French Commercial Code is punishable by the fine provided for 4th class contraventions. Fa…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: International cooperation and information exchange

Article D782-26

…1No. 2017-1324 of 6 September 2017D. 632-4no. 2008-1480 of 30 December 2008D. 632-5No. 2010-1715 of 29 December 2010

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: International cooperation and information exchange

Article D783-26

…1No. 2017-1324 of 6 September 2017D. 632-4no. 2008-1480 of 30 December 2008D. 632-5No. 2010-1715 of 29 December 2010

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Territorial Conference on Health and Autonomy

Article D1441-5

Articles D. 1432-28 and D. 1432-29, the first four paragraphs of article D. 1432-31, articles D. 1432-32 to D. 1432-35, D. 1432-37, D. 1432-39, D. 1432-41, the last two paragraphs of article D. 1432-4…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation and operation.

Article R822-86

…y the company under the conditions set out in premier alinéa de l'article 19 de la loi n° 66-879 du 29 novembre 1966. The proposed transfer is notified to the company and to each of the members, eithe…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation and operation

Article L5843-2

…February 1996 L. 5721-6 Order no. 2021-1310 of 7 October 2021 L. 5721-6-1 law no. 99-586 of 12 July 1999 L. 5721-6-2 law no. 99-586 of 12 July 1999 L. 5721-6-3 law no. 2015-991 of 7 August 2015 L. 572…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Criminal proceedings

Article L716-9

It shall be punishable by four years' imprisonment and a fine of 400,000 euros for any person, with a view to selling, supplying, offering for sale or hiring goods presented under an infringing tradem…

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