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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Content and conditions of validity.

Article L1321-4

The internal rules may only be introduced after they have been submitted to the Social and Economic Committee for its opinion.The internal regulations shall indicate the date of their entry into force…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Collection, preparation and storage of blood, blood components and labile blood products.

Article L1221-4

Blood, its components and their derivatives may not be distributed, issued or used without biological examinations and screening tests for transmissible diseases having been carried out.Blood, its com…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Points scale for works in the fiction genre

Article D331-45

Points relating to creators and creative collaborators are only awarded if the creators and creative collaborators are either French nationals or nationals of a Member State of the European Union, a S…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special provisions for the automatic cinema exhibition account

Article 123-4

Automatic accounts opened in respect of several cinemas in the name of the same account holder may, at the latter's request, be grouped into circuits.When, at the request of the holder of the accounts…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 900-4

The judge hearing the application for revision may, depending on the case and even of his own motion, either reduce the quantity or periodicity of the benefits encumbering the gift, or modify its purp…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Supplementary provisions

Article L2315-44

In the absence of an agreement as provided for in Articles L. 2315-41 and L. 2315-42, the internal rules of procedure of the social and economic committee set out the arrangements referred to in 1° to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Illegal termination of pregnancy.

Article L2222-4

Providing a woman with the material means to terminate her own pregnancy is punishable by three years' imprisonment and a fine of €45,000. These penalties are increased to five years' imprisonment and…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Consultative Commission

Article 434-2

The readers consulted on projects for which aid is requested for creation and distribution on digital platforms are chosen from a list drawn up by the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to local authorities and local public bodies

Article R2223-4

Prior to authorising the signing of the partnership contract, the local authority or local public body concerned may request the opinion of the expert body referred to in article R. 2212-7 on the draf…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Cooperation and communication between insolvency practitioners and the courts

Article L695-4

The judge or the judicial representative appointed pursuant to Article L. 695-3 shall communicate with the courts and bodies designated in the context of insolvency proceedings opened in respect of th…

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