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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3121-49

The employees mentioned in 1° to 4° and 9° to 11° of Article L. 5212-13 benefit, at their request, under the appropriate measures provided for in Article L. 5213-6, from individualised timetable adjus…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 5 : Measures to boost the promotion of cinematographic works abroad

Article 916-48

…d 721-13, the amount of the sums entered in the automatic account of foreign sales undertakings for 2021 is equal to the average of the sums entered in their account for 2018, 2019 and 2020, without p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Criminal penalties

Article L5461-2-1

…le de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, pursuant to Article 13(7) of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 or Article 14(4) of the same Regulation, that the device it has placed on the market, put i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Criminal penalties

Article L5462-2-1

…le de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, pursuant to Article 13(7) of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 or Article 14(4) of the same Regulation, that the device it has placed on the market, put i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Definitions and missions

Article L721-22

Any person who participates or has participated in the performance of the tasks of the Institut d'émission d'outre-mer is bound by professional secrecy. Any person who participates or has participated…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Announcement of results and disputes relating to the election of consular judges.

Article R723-22

Votes are counted by the committee provided for in article L. 723-13. The results are announced publicly by the chairman of the committee. The list of elected candidates, drawn up in descending order…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Document retention periods

Article R2223-55-1

The prior declarations and supporting documents mentioned in articles R. 2213-2-2, R. 2213-5, R. 2213-7, R. 2213-8, R. 2213-8-1, R. 2213-10, R. 2213-13, R. 2213-14, R. 2213-21 and R. 2213-28 are kept…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Revenue from the investment section.

Article R2331-4

…me or river ports and road transport services in connection with railways, are determined by decree no. 77-785 of 13 July 1977 relating to the levying of temporary local surcharges.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to the Autorité des marchés financiers

Article D632-3-3

…the Agreement on the European Economic Area on which the same instrument referred to in Article L. 420-11 is traded, and with the competent authorities of holders of positions in that instrument. Thes…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Risk assessment

Article R4453-11

When the results of the risk assessment show that the values triggering action are exceeded, the employer determines and implements the preventive measures and means provided for in Article R. 4453-13…

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