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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 232-2

…ments meet the following conditions: 1° Be in compliance with the provisions relating to the siting and construction of cinematographic entertainment establishments provided for in…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 8: Transfer and extinction of mortgages

Article 2474

…same reservation;3° By purge;4° By the termination permitted in the last paragraph of Article 2417 and to the extent provided for by that text.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 8: Transfer and extinction of mortgages

Article 2473

…rred ipso jure with the secured claim. The mortgagee may subrogate another creditor in the mortgage and retain his claim. He may also, by an assignment of anteriority, assign his registration rank to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Transmission of information.

Article R5323-8

…total turnover where applicable; 2° The number of people seeking employment, broken down by gender and age: a) Received during the year; b) Placed during the year; c) Registered in the organisation's…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Transmission of information.

Article R5323-7

The private employment agency regularly sends the Prefect statistical information on its employment activity.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Transmission of information.

Article R5323-10

The collection, use, storage and transmission of personal data are carried out in compliance with the principle of non-discrimination mentioned in articles L. 1132-1 to L. 1132-4 and law no. 78-17 of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Transmission of information.

Article R5323-9

The private employment agency may collect personal data relating to jobseekers insofar as this is necessary for the placement activity, with the exception of the registration number in the national re…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Transmission of information.

Article R5323-11

Data relating to jobseekers recorded in a data processing system implemented solely by private employment agencies may not be kept for more than six years from the date of recording.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obstacles to the legal termination of pregnancy.

Article L2223-2

It is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 30,000 euros to prevent or attempt to prevent anyone from carrying out or obtaining information about a voluntary interruption of pregnancy or…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obstacles to the legal termination of pregnancy.

Article L2223-1

Any association that has been duly registered for at least five years on the date of the acts, and whose statutory purpose includes defending the rights of women to access contraception and terminatio…

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