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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 411-48

…thin the limits set out in 2° of Article…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Failure to open secondary insolvency proceedings on the national territory

Article L692-10

…of the court referred to in paragraph 2 of Article 13 of the aforementioned Regulation (EU) No 2015/848 shall be determined pursuant to 2° of Article L. 721-8 if the debtor carries on a commercial or…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Consumer credit

Article R312-33

The credit agreement referred to in article L. 312-87 is written in type no smaller than eight-point type. It must state clearly and legibly: 1° The type of credit; 2° The identity and address of the…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: ACCOMMODATION FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS

Article R552-10

…l activities, in partnership, where appropriate, with local authorities and community organisations;8° Preparing and organising departure from the accommodation, in conjunction with the French Office…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE III: REVENUE

Article L2336-1

…urces of this national equalisation fund in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 are set at 150, 360, 570 and 780 million euros respectively. In 2016 and 2017, the fund's resources are set at €1 billion. From 20…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Gene therapy preparations and xenogenic cell therapy preparations.

Article L5426-1

…r exporting these same products without holding the authorisations provided for in articles L. 4211-8 and L. 4211-9. III. - The penalties referred to in I and II are increased to seven years' imprison…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Categories of incidents, terms and conditions for reporting significant or serious information systems security incidents

Article D1111-16-2

…The reporting of serious information system security incidents as provided for in Article L. 1111-8-2 is intended to :1° Provide the competent State authorities with the information they need to dec…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXa: Directory of personal data collected in the context of legal proceedings, known as "Redex".

Article R53-21-5

…bidden to select a particular category of persons from data of the kind referred to in I of Article 8 of the aforementioned Act of 6 January 1978 contained in the expert reports, assessments and exami…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Judicial remedies to guarantee the right to respect for dignity in detention

Article R249-35

…ance with the provisions of section 3 of this chapter, or before he rules pursuant to II of article 803-8 in accordance with the provisions of section 4 of this chapter. The judge may not, however, ma…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions.

Article L8224-5

…onditions set out inArticle 121-2 of the French Penal Code, for the offences set out in Articles L. 8224-1 and L. 8224-2 are liable to : 1° A fine, under the conditions set out inarticle 131-38 of the…

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