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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Guarantees granted in the exercise of the mandate or office

Article R7227-7

…which elected representatives who have the status of employees are entitled pursuant to article L. 7227-3, the legal working time for a calendar year is assessed on the basis of the legal weekly work…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Nullity, dissolution and liquidation

Article R4381-79

A member who has been suspended or temporarily banned from practising may be forced to withdraw from the company by a decision taken by the enhanced majority provided for in the Articles of Associatio…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Admission to trading

Article L425-7

…all establish transparent rules concerning the criteria for determining which financial instruments may be traded on its system. When a financial instrument referred to in Article L. 211-1 II.2, admit…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 3: Common provisions

Article 711-3

The aid schemes referred to in Articles 711-1 and 711-2 are taken under exempted framework scheme no. SA. 46706, relating to aid for international co-development and international co-production of cin…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions relating to beneficiaries

Article 721-5

Foreign sales companies have exploitation rights for the marketing abroad of at least three feature-length cinematographic works for which production approval has been granted, for all modes of distri…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title Ia: Electronically supervised home detention sentence

Article 713-47

…tions mentioned in Article 131-4-1 of the Penal Code imposed on him, the sentence enforcement judge may, ex officio or at the request of the public prosecutor, in accordance with the procedures set ou…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: National Council

Article L4312-7

…it by the Minister for Health.The National Council authorises its President to take legal action.It may, before all courts, exercise all the rights reserved to civil parties in respect of acts directl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Membership of company boards of directors or supervisory boards

Article L2312-74

In the companies referred to inArticle 1 of Law no. 83-675 of 26 July 1983 on the democratisation of the public sector, with the exception of those listed in Annex III of this law, and in the companie…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Significant event

Article R4451-74

…t is any event likely to result in one of the limit values laid down in Articles R. 4451-6, R. 4451-7 and R. 4451-8 being exceeded.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Formation of the jury

Article 299

If there are several defendants, they may agree to exercise their challenges; they may exercise them separately. In either case, they may not exceed the number of challenges determined for a single ac…

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