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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Recording data in the directory

Article R53-21-5

…appear in the National Register for the Identification of Natural Persons, however this information may not constitute a search criterion; 2° Information relating to the data recorded in the register…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Transfer procedures

Article L1424-22

If the agreements provided for in articles L1424-13, L1424-14 and L1424-17, six months before the deadline set in these same articles, a national commission settles, on referral from the prefect, with…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Measures to boost cinema distribution

Article 916-13

For cinematographic works commercially exhibited in cinemas between 22 June 2020 and 30 December 2020, by way of derogation from 4° of article 222-19, the maximum number of cinematographic establishme…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Safety requirements for football, handball, field and indoor hockey goal cages and basketball goals

Article R322-22

Equipment manufactured in accordance with the relevant safety standards, the references of which are published in the Journal officiel de la République française, is deemed to meet the safety requirem…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3°: Crédit mutuel et coopération agricoles

Article 130

…the withholding tax provided for in 1 of article 119 bis and the levy provided for in I of Article 125 A does not apply: 1° Neither to interest shares in companies or unions of agricultural cooperativ…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4 - Individual right to training

Article R7125-25-3

…ement of the individual right to training of local elected representatives mentioned in Article L. 1621-4, via the dematerialised service mentioned in Article L. 1621-5, in accordance with the general…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4 - Individual right to training

Article R7227-25-3

…managing the individual right to training of local elected representatives mentioned in Article L. 1621-4, via the dematerialised service mentioned in Article L. 1621-5, in accordance with the general…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-21

I.-For the application of article L. 5121-1 :1° Army hospitals are considered to be health establishments ;2° The Armed Forces Central Pharmacy may be authorised to make the hospital preparations ment…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Réunion

Article R6523-21

…ate representative appointed by the Regional Prefect from among those mentioned in 1° of article R. 6523-19.2° Three representatives of the local and regional authorities responsible for vocational tr…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and amount of the financial guarantee

Article R7123-21

The amount of the financial guarantee may be revised at any time and is reviewed each year. For each modelling agency, this amount may not be less than 6% of the total payroll resulting from the annua…

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