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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Exceptional aid to programming groups and agreements

Article 919-68

…the exceptional aid, at least 50% of the cinemas for which the grouping or the lead company of the cartel ensures the programming belong to establishments that are independent of this grouping or thi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Mission, conditions of access and exercise and incompatibilities.

Article L811-6

…list referred to in Article L. 811-2 the court-appointed administrator who, due to his or her physical or mental state, is prevented from ensuring the normal exercise of his or her duties or the cour…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title III: STAY IN FRANCE

Article R234-6

…uninterrupted five-year period of legal residence provided for in article L. 234-1 in the following cases:1° The worker himself benefits from the right to permanent residence pursuant to articles R. 2…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Advertising.

Article L5122-6

A medicinal product may only be advertised to the general public if it is not subject to medical prescription, none of its various presentations is reimbursable by compulsory health insurance schemes…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article D47-6

…ld a national diploma attesting to training of a duration at least equal to four years of higher education after the baccalaureate, who meet the conditions for access to the civil service and who can…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L311-6

…or culture. Authorisation is granted for five years in consideration of: 1° The professional qualifications of the organisation's directors; 2° The means that the organisation proposes to implement to…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Provisions relating to the preparation, assessment and implementation of preventive recovery plans

Article L311-6

…entive recovery plans after an adversarial procedure. If the board considers that a plan has significant shortcomings, it notifies the person who submitted the plan of its decision and invites him to…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title V: PENALTIES

Article L454-6

…ased, in proportion to the benefits derived from the offence, to 5% of the average annual turnover, calculated on the last three annual turnover figures known at the date of the offence. Physical pers…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title II: Protection of technical knowledge

Article R622-6

…612-38, R. 613-45, R. 613-53 to R. 613-59, R. 615-1 to R. 615-4, and R. 618-1 to R. 618-3 are applicable to the conditions under which filings are received, rights attached thereto are transferred or…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Dedicated contribution to the financing of the personal training account for fixed-term contract holders

Article L6331-6

Employers pay a contribution dedicated to financing the personal training account equal to 1% of the income used to calculate social security contributions for fixed-term contract holders mentioned in…

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