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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisional approval

Article D331-59

…article D. 331-58 the film or audiovisual work in question meets the conditions set out in I and II of artic…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Job security contract

Article D1233-51

…to which the company belongs, all or part of the amount paid by the body in application of article D. 1233-49, within the limit of the amount of the contribution defined in article L. 6331-10, in ord…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Health rules applicable to bathing water

Article D1332-26

When the bathing water profile defined in article D. 1332-20 indicates :-a potential risk of proliferation of cyanobacteria, i.e. accumulation of cyanobacteria in the form of blooms, slicks or scum ;o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE IV: THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR FUNERAL OPERATIONS

Article D1241-3

…ng term of office is less than two years, this period is not counted for the application of Article D. 1241-2.In the three months prior to the renewal of the Conseil national des opérations funéraires…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Procedures for recovery of financial penalties.

Article D48-31

The public prosecutor who enforces a financial penalty covered by Article D. 48-30 notifies the convicted person by registered letter that, if he or she pays the amount of this pecuniary penalty withi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Rules of jurisdiction and procedure

Article D49-32

…later than two months after the application has been lodged under the conditions set out in article D. 49-11. Failing this, the sentenced person may apply directly to the President of the Enforcement…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Periods of work experience in a professional environment

Article D5135-3

…structure is continuous or discontinuous. If the objective(s) set in accordance with 5° of article D. 5135-2 have not been achieved, the agreement may be renewed once, for the same purpose and the sa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to the conditions of transmission of samples to medical biology laboratories established in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article D6221-37

…eria enabling verification that its operating conditions are equivalent to those imposed in article D. 6221-30 on medical biology laboratories established on French territory. If the Minister for Heal…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Advertising films

Article D210-7

Cinematographic works of an advertising nature are shown in half-lit cinemas and exploited in return for screen hire granted by the exhibitor of a cinematographic establishment to the company distribu…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Advertising films

Article D210-6

A cinematographic work of an advertising nature is one whose content is, directly or indirectly, intended to recommend to viewers the consumption of a product or the use of a service offered to the pu…

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