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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Livret de développement durable et solidaire.

Article D221-105

…establishment, of at least ten legal entities falling under: a)Article 1 of Law No. 2014-856 of 31 July 2014 on the social and solidarity economy; or, b) Financing organisations or credit institution…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Expenditure by communes and groups of communes for municipal secondary and special education establishments (R).

Article D2321-14

…ivided between several municipal establishments referred to in article 21-1 of law no. 83-663 of 22 July 1983 relating to the division of powers between communes, départements, regions and the State,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Formation, registration and termination of the contract

Article D6325-1

…promoting the development of work-linked training mentioned in Article 4 of Law No. 2011-893 of 28 July 2011 for the development of work-linked training and the securing of career paths. The employer…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Prevention of conflicts of interest

Article R8124-16

…o make a declaration of interests as provided for in article 25 ter of the aforementioned law of 13 July 1983, the interview provided for in the first paragraph is compulsory and is conducted on the b…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Counterfeiting litigation

Article L716-4-4

An action brought in accordance with Regulation (EU) 608/2013 of 12 June 2013 by the trade mark proprietor on the basis of the provisions of Article L. 713-3-2 shall be inadmissible if, in the course…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-13

…n article 689-1 of this code any person guilty of or complicit in a crime defined in 9° of article 212-1 or in Article 221-12 of the Criminal Code when this offence constitutes an enforced disappearan…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Fixed installations

Article R312-9

…subject of the application for approval of a sports arena subject to the provisions of articles L. 312-5 and L. 312-12, the owner sends an application for approval to the Prefect of the département in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Fixing procedures.

Article L3232-3

…uct of the amount of the minimum growth wage as set in application of articles L. 3231-2 to L. 3231-12, multiplied by the number of hours corresponding to the legal weekly working time for the month i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4311-15-1

…p as part of the health reserve who have reached the level of training provided for in article 4311-12-1.

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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

By way of derogation from articles 721-12 and 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 thei…

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