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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Common provisions.

Article L2281-2

The purpose of employees' direct and collective expression is to define the actions to be implemented to improve their working conditions, the organisation of activities and the quality of production…

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

Article 621-5

Direct subsidies are granted to delegated production companies for the production of feature films or audiovisual works where the use and enhancement of digital visual effects is a key aspect of the p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VII: Residence ban

Article 763

In the event that a criminal sentence is time-barred, the convicted person is automatically and permanently banned from residing in the département where the victim of the crime or his direct heirs re…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R1161-11

Information on learning programmes must be dissociated from any promotional communication relating to the medicinal product covered by the programme and may not be the subject of any direct communicat…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Provisions common to all applications

Article R464-25

Notifications between parties shall be made by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or by direct notification between the parties' lawyers. Pleadings must be filed at the court registry i…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Foreign nationals enrolled in a mobility programme

Article L422-4

…another Member State of the European Union and enrolled in a mobility programme in accordance with Directive (EU) 2016/801 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 may reside in F…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Special provisions applicable to cross-border service providers

Article R123-30-1

…ut on national territory on a temporary or occasional basis an activity falling within the scope of Directive 2006/123/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on services…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Data processing

Article R2122-15

…with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC, may be exercised with the departments of the Minister for Labour under the condi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Provisions relating to the digital procedure

Article D589-3

…identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market and repealing Directive 1999/93/ EC. However, the mere fact that this signature does not meet the requirements of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Revenue

Article L6364-5

In application of article LO 6371-5, a global grant for school construction and equipment is instituted in order to contribute to compensating for the net increases in charges for the collectivity of…

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