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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 231-20

…nt of aid, resulting from the application of…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L111-10

…ted in the contract concluded that the service provided is exclusively electronic, the policyholder may, at any time and by any means, request that a paper medium be used free of charge for the contin…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions specific to Martinique

Article R591-10

…particular characteristics and constraints of the collectivity, the Minister responsible for asylum may provide, by means of a reasoned order, after ensuring the availability of the human and material…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1-1: Competitive entrance examination to become a commercial court clerk

Article A742-10

No one may sit the oral admission tests unless they have been declared eligible by the jury.The oral admission tests are held in public session. They comprise:1° An oral test on a subject relating to…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Title XVII: Participatory procedure agreement

Article 2067

A participatory procedure agreement may be concluded by spouses with a view to seeking a consensual solution in matters of divorce or legal separation. Article 2066 does not apply in this matter. An a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions relating to the approval of agreements by employees in undertakings with fewer than eleven employees and in undertakings with between eleven and twenty employees without an elected representative on the social and economic committee.

Article R2232-10

The conditions under which the employer seeks the approval of employees pursuant to articles L. 2232-21 to L. 2232-23 are as follows: 1° The consultation takes place by any means during working time.…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Procedures applicable to gifts (R).

Article R3213-10

…legacies in favour of a department or a departmental public establishment, made by the legal heirs, may be submitted to the Minister of the Interior within six months of the opening of the will. They…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter X: Tattooing products

Article L513-10-5

A tattooing product may only be placed on the market, whether free of charge or for a fee, if it meets the following conditions: 1° Its container and packaging must bear the name or company name and a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Communal property

Article L2542-26

…of Moselle, Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin with the exception of those of the first paragraph of article L. 2241-1, the articles L. 2241-6, L. 2241-7, L. 2242-1, L. 2242-2 and the first and third paragraphs o…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions relating to economic and financial control

Article R112-26

…ject to economic and financial control by the State under the conditions laid down by decree no. 55-733 of 26 May 1955. An order of the ministers responsible for the economy and the budget designates…

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