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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions relating to the creation process

Article D331-3

…he documentary genre that are designed, written, image-processed and post-produced mainly in France;3° Cinematographic or audiovisual works belonging to the animation genre that are designed and writt…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title VI: Obligations relating to the fight against money laundering, the financing of terrorist activities and prohibited lotteries, games and betting

Article R562-3

…resources that have been frozen ; 2° Any transaction credited to an account whose funds are frozen; 3° Where applicable, any transaction considered to be contrary to a measure freezing assets or prohi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Banking transactions, payment services, issuance and management of electronic money

Article R754-3

…e words: in accordance with the third paragraph of article L. 3341-7 of the Labour Code are deleted;3° In article R. 312-20, after the words: in foreign currency, the words: or in CFP francs are added…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Principles and definitions

Article R4222-3

…nd reintroduced into the same room after thermal conditioning is not considered to be recycled air; 3° Non-specific pollution rooms, rooms in which pollution is linked solely to human presence, with t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Critical care

Article R6123-36

…ent's age; c) On site, an operating theatre with post-intervention monitoring resources. III. - The 3° authorisation for paediatric critical care may only be granted if the holder has at his disposal…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Reimbursement of expenses

Article R4135-22

Reimbursement of specific travel, accompaniment and technical assistance expenses may be obtained by regional elected representatives with disabilities mentioned in the second paragraph of article L.…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 3: Form, statements and registration of retail declarations.

Article 99

1. Customs officials shall immediately register accounting entries which they have accepted as admissible. 2. Declarations which are irregular in form or which are not accompanied by the documents req…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Annual consultation on company social policy, working conditions and employment

Article L2312-28

…the consultation on the company's social policy, working conditions and employment provided for in 3° of Article L. 2312-17 also covers the company's social balance sheet when the company has at leas…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Prudential provisions

Article L526-29

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may issue a recommendation or an injunction to electronic money institutions to ensure the existence of sufficient own funds for the issuance and m…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Weekly and Sunday rest.

Article L3164-5

The ban on working on Sundays provided for in article L. 3132-3 does not apply to apprentices under the age of eighteen employed in sectors where this is justified by the particular characteristics of…

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