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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Combating the presence of lead

Article L1334-8

…ommunal areas of a block of flats used in whole or in part for residential purposes, built before 1 January 1949, which is likely to cause a substantial deterioration in the coverings, as defined by o…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: List of reference works

Article 311-32

An audiovisual work may be included on the list of reference works until 15 January of the year following that in which the work was first broadcast on a television service or made available to the pu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Allocation for registering applications and issuing secure documents

Article L2335-16

…is made up of a flat-rate portion allocated for each station in operation in the municipality on 1 January of the current year and a variable portion allocated for each station based on the number of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Extension of employment

Article R6152-814

…actitioners governed by sections 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 of this chapter, who were born on or after 1st January 1955 and who are in active employment at the time of their application, may be authorised, s…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Agreements.

Article L5132-3-1

…annual agreement on objectives and resources signed with the State, provided for in article L. 5134-19-4, includes a section on the co-financing by the département of the financial assistance provided…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article D48-2-7

…een provisionally enforced. To this end, he may issue a research note pursuant to 1° of article 230-19. When a deferred committal order has been issued and the sentence is enforceable or the order has…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Meetings of the departmental commercial development commission

Article R752-20

…mmercial authorisation lapses within three years of the notification provided for in Article R. 752-19 or, where applicable, to article R. 752-39 : 1° For sales areas that have not been opened to the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

Article R950-1

…2020 Articles R. 123-31 to R. 123-36Decree No. 2007-431 of 27 March 2007Article R. 123-37Decree No. 2022-709 of 26 April 2022Article R. 123-38Decree No. 2020-106 of 10 February 2020 Article R. 123-39…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Réunion and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article L441-4

…na;2° Section 3 of Chapter II of Title III is not applicable;3° The last sentence of Article L. 423-19 is deleted;4° The second paragraph of Article L. 435-1 is deleted.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Provisions applicable where the employer is established in another Member State of the European Community or the European Economic Area

Article L3253-18-4

…trator or the liquidator, of the statements of unpaid claims. The last paragraph of Article L. 3253-19 is applicable.

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