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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Exemption authorisation for young people undergoing vocational training

Article R4153-42

If the information mentioned in 1°, 2° or 4° of article R. 4153-41 changes, this information is updated and communicated to the labour inspection supervisor by any means giving a date certain within e…

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

Article 223-29

Structural aid is subject to compliance with Commission Regulation (EU) No 1407/2013 of 18 December 2013 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Uni…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: "Sports instructor" speciality

Article A212-47-4

A candidate who fails a certification test may be entitled to a second assessment session during the training session.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 11: Access to electricity or natural gas consumption data

Article D224-29

…to energy consumption that has not yet been invoiced; 3° Does not constitute a request for payment; 4° Is based on actual or estimated consumption or on self-reading indices transmitted by the consume…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: List of penalties

Article L612-40

…any is in one of the following situations: 1° It has breached a provision of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013, with the exception of the requir…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Creation and communication of documents and information relating to the presence of asbestos

Article R1334-29-7

…ng the presence or absence of materials and products containing asbestos provided for in article L. 1334-13 is made up of: 1° In the case of the sale of residential buildings comprising a single dwell…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R1232-4-4

I.-A person may refuse to have an organ removed from him or her after his or her death, primarily by registering on the automated national register of organ removal refusals under the conditions set o…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Purge

Article 2471

…prices, immovables and movables, or several immovables, only some of which are mortgaged, and which may or may not form the same holding, the price of each immovable subject to registration shall be d…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Sub-section 1: Method of registration of mortgages

Article 2430

…to have effect if it has not been renewed by the date referred to in the first paragraph of Article 2429. Each renewal is required until a specified date. This date is fixed as stated in Article 2429,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-41

…mply with coverage and risk-spreading ratios. To comply with solvency and liquidity standards, they may be authorised to use their internal risk assessment approaches. Credit institutions and finance…

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