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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 6 : Exceptional aid to compensate for the loss of turnover due to the ban on the sale and consumption of food and drink in cinemas

Article 919-98

…rs of cinematographic entertainment establishments must complete and send electronically, by 31 May 2022 at the latest, the form drawn up by the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, in whic…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 4: European Union regulations constituting implementing measures for article L. 412-1

Article R412-22

…12 and Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 1332/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 as amended on food enzymes; The provisions of paragraph 1 of Article 2, Articles 3…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions.

Article L5524-1

…es L. 5461-2 to L. 5461-4, L. 5461-5, L. 5461-6 and L. 5461-6-2 in the version resulting from Order No. 2022-582 of 20 April 2022 and Articles L. 5461-6-1 and L. 5461-9 in the version resulting from O…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R3351-1

…ted by the State with a public administrative service mission, in the wording resulting from Decree No. 2018-1075 of 3 December 2018, unless otherwise specified in the table below.APPLICABLE PROVISION…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article L5842-4

…to the adaptations provided for in II to V. APPLICABLE PROVISIONS AS PROVIDED FOR IN L. 5211-6 law no. 2015-366 of 31 March 2015 L. 5211-7 with the exception of I bis Law no. 2018-607 of 13 July 2018…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Provisions relating to practitioners recruited in application of 3° of Article L. 6152-1

Article R6152-700

…recruited in application of 3° of Article L. 6152-1 in service on the date of publication of Decree no. 2022-135 of 5 February 2022 relating to the new rules applicable to contractual practitioners.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R2671-1

…ishments, subject to the powers devolved to this collectivity, in the wording resulting from Decree No. 2018-1075 of 3 December 2018, unless otherwise specified in the table below.APPLICABLE PROVISION…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Provisions specific to the Department of Mayotte

Article 879-1

For the application of articles 16 to 19, Mayotte police officers placed at the disposal of the State are assimilated, in accordance with the provisions and under the conditions laid down by these art…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Investment services providers

Article R773-18

Article R. 531-1 is applicable in New Caledonia in the version resulting from Decree no. 2022-125 of 4 February 2022, subject to the deletion in the second paragraph of the words: "in accordance with…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Investment services providers

Article R774-18

Article R. 531-1 is applicable in French Polynesia in the version resulting from Decree no. 2022-125 of 4 February 2022, subject to the deletion in the second paragraph of the words: "in accordance wi…

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