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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to French Polynesia and New Caledonia

Article L354-4

The following are applicable in French Polynesia and New Caledonia, subject to the adaptations provided for in articles L. 354-1 and L. 354-5, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section IV: Judicial separation of property.

Article 1293

The judgment may not be given until one month after the entry provided for in the preceding article has been made in the margin of the birth certificate of each of the spouses or, if that certificate…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Operation.

Article L5212-17

The provisions of article L. 5212-16 to unions existing on 6 January 1988, the date of publication of the loi n° 88-13 du 5 janvier 1988 d'amélioration de la décentralisation, if the municipal council…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions relating to beneficiaries

Article 612-4

To be eligible for automatic and selective financial support, publishers of on-demand audiovisual media services must meet the following conditions:1° They must be established in France;2° They must h…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 7: Professional liability.

Article R211-35

The insurance contract taken out pursuant to b of II of Article L. 211-18 covering the pecuniary consequences of the professional civil liability incurred by travel operators may not derogate from the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: External workstations

Article R4225-1

…ch a way that workers: 1° Can quickly leave their workstation in the event of danger or can quickly be rescued; 2° Are protected against falling objects; 3° As far as possible: a) Are protected from a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 6: Sociétés de participations financières de professions libérales d'administrateurs judiciaires et de mandataires judiciaires (financial holding companies for the liberal professions of court-appointed administrators and agents)

Article A814-7

…disciplinary commission draws up a list of sociétés de participations financières de professions libérales d'administrateurs judiciaires ou de mandataires judiciaires which mentions the following inf…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Qualifications required

Article A321-8

The examination tests are oral and take place in public session. The Conseil des Maisons de Vente provides the secretariat for the jury. The examination, the syllabus of which is set out in Appendix 3…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO BOOK I

Article R3341-2

For the application of the regulatory provisions of Book I to Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon: 1° In article R. 3121-6, the words: "and that a report be sent to the European Commission if it so requests" are…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title I: Agreement-based mediation and conciliation

Article 1536

Any natural or legal person may refer a matter to the judicial conciliator instituted by the decree of 20 March 1978 relating to judicial conciliators, without any formality.

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