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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Digitisation conditions

Article 511-8

For talking pictures, French subtitles are provided in the form of a digital file.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: The European Small Claims Procedure.

Article 1383

The application form shall be delivered or sent by post to the court registry.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 2386

Mortgages are only granted in the cases and according to the forms authorised by law.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article R228-2

Where the securities are in the form of administered registered securities, the intermediary mentioned in

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General duties

Article R4312-6

Nurses may not alienate their professional independence in any form whatsoever.

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Special provisions relating to the digital exploitation of unavailable books

Article L134-1

…distributed commercially by a publisher and which is not currently published in printed or digital form. Unavailable book" means a book published in France before 1 January 2001 which is no longer di…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Groups of employers not falling within the scope of the same collective agreement.

Article L1253-17

Persons who do not fall within the scope of application of the same collective agreement may form an employers' group provided that the collective agreement applicable to the group is determined.The g…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Grouping of orders

Article L2113-6

Order pools may be formed between purchasers for the joint award of one or more contracts.An order pool may also be formed, for the same purpose, between one or more purchasers and one or more legal p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article 706-95-16

…706-95-12 is issued for a maximum period of one month, renewable once under the same conditions of form and duration. The authorisation mentioned in 2° of the same article 706-95-12 is issued for a m…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Content of the agreement.

Article L2372-7

Where several forms of shareholding exist within the companies involved in the transaction, the special negotiating body which decides to implement the procedures provided for in 2° of Article L. 2372…

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