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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Scaffolding

Article R4323-74

Fixed scaffolding is constructed and installed in such a way as to withstand the forces to which it is subjected and to resist stresses resulting from atmospheric conditions, particularly the effects…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Strings

Article R4323-90

In specific circumstances where, taking into account the risk assessment, the use of a second rope would make the work more dangerous, the use of a single rope may be authorised, provided that the wor…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4a: Special provisions for the preparation, distribution and administration of advanced therapy medicinal products prepared on an ad hoc basis as part of the same medical procedure as the removal of the tissues or autologous cells used in their composition.

Article R4211-51-1

I.-In accordance with the provisions of II of Article L. 4211-9-1, an establishment or organisation authorised under this section may have the preparation and distribution of an individually prepared…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Voluntary termination of pregnancy.

Article L2445-1

…2 and L. 2212-3, articles L. 2212-6 and L. 2212-7 and the first three paragraphs of article L. 2212-8, in the version resulting from law no. 2016-41 of 26 January 2016 on the modernisation of our heal…

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

Article 919-40

…in article 221-24 allocated for a given work from the entry into force of deliberation no. 2021/CA/18 of 27 May 2021 until 31 December 2023, the distribution company must have distributed at least thr…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R2661-1

…s, subject to the powers devolved to this collectivity, in the wording resulting from Decree No. 2018-1075 of 3 December 2018, unless otherwise specified in the table below.APPLICABLE PROVISIONSAS THE…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Banking service providers

Article R774-4

…articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 513-1-An° 2022-766 of 2 May 2022R. 513-1n° 2021-898 of 6 July 2021R. 513-2no. 2014-1315 of 3 November 2014R. 513-4 to R. 513-6 with the exception of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Banking services providers

Article R773-4

…articlesIn the wording resulting from the decreeR. 513-1-An° 2022-766 of 2 May 2022R. 513-1n° 2021-898 of 6 July 2021R. 513-2no. 2014-1315 of 3 November 2014R. 513-4 to R. 513-6 with the exception of…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Effects of acquiring French nationality

Article 22-2

The provisions of the preceding article shall not apply to a married child.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 5: Software pledge agreement

Article L132-34

Without prejudice to the provisions of the loi du 17 mars 1909 relative à la vente et au nantissement des fonds de commerce, the exploitation right of the author of software defined in Article L. 122-…

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