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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Medical surveillance of specific categories of workers.

Article L4625-1

…rs.These workers enjoy the same protection as other workers.Adapted monitoring rules and procedures may not have the effect of modifying the frequency of medical examinations defined by this code.Adap…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title Ia: Electronically supervised home detention sentence

Article D49-84

…limit, unless there is a legitimate reason or, in the absence of provisional enforcement, he or she may exercise the appeal procedures, the sentence enforcement judge may order that he or she be impri…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Terms of engagement

Article A823-29

…members of the body called upon to approve the accounts or made available to them. These documents may be:-provided for by the legal and regulatory texts applicable to the entity; -provided for by th…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L432-3

…rs, after consulting the Commission for Guarantees and Foreign Trade Credit, established by article 15 of law no. 49-874 of 5 July 1949. The State guarantee may also be granted by the managing directo…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database and central biological sample preservation service

Article R53-19

The national automated genetic fingerprint database may not be interconnected, reconciled or linked with any other automated processing of nominative information, with the exception of: 1° Processing…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Penalties

Article R621-38

…fication sent to it at the address at which it received the statement of objections or, as the case may be, at the last address notified by it to the secretariat of the Commission by registered letter…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Relations between the High Council and its foreign counterparts

Article R821-20

The High Council may, under the conditions set out in Articles L. 821-12-3 and L. 824-15, conclude cooperation agreements with authorities of non-EU Member States exercising competences similar to its…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: Compulsory expenditure

Article L2321-2

…s and social security contributions; 4° bis Under the conditions set out in the article 88-1 of law no. 84-53 of 26 January 1984 on statutory provisions relating to the local civil service, expenditur…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Safety at sporting events

Article L332-7

…cular ethnic group, nation, race or religion is punishable by one year's imprisonment and a fine of 15,000 euros. Any attempt to commit the offence referred to in the first paragraph shall be subject…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions relating to production companies and cinematographic or audiovisual works

Article D331-39

…t belong to the fiction or animation genres. Works belonging to the fiction genre in which at least 15% of the shots, i.e. an average of one and a half shots per minute, are digitally processed in ord…

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