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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Composition

Article R1423-3

Where a département has several industrial tribunals with an agricultural section, it is possible to reduce the number of agricultural sections in the département. This reduction takes into account th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Missions.

Article L5311-1

I.-The Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (French National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products) is a public establishment under the supervision of t…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article D325-3

Accommodation, the restaurant and the distribution of ready-made meals may only be used in connection with the village's activities. Apart from holiday stays, holiday villages run by non-profit organi…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article D325-2

Holiday villages comprise : - individual or collective accommodation and premises used for management and services ; - shared facilities for sporting activities and community entertainment; - for meal…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article D325-3-3

A holiday village may include all or part of unfounded, demountable, transportable or towable accommodation. These premises must be installed by the operator on fixed sites throughout the annual openi…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article D325-3-4

Community facilities belonging to a municipality or to third parties and located outside the area where the holiday village is set up may be taken into account for classification if an agreement concl…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article D325-3-2

A holiday village may include accommodation made up in whole or in part of dwellings spread over the territory of the commune where the reception office and the collective buildings are located, or ov…

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

Article R261-2

The technical elements necessary for fixing the work are: 1° For works fixed on a photochemical medium: a) Image negative film; b) Sound negative film and sound magnetic media; c) Where these are the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article D224-3

For the application of the third and fourth paragraphs of Article L. 224-3, the savings allocations that gradually reduce the financial risks for the policyholder allow investment in assets that are s…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article D224-4

The liquidation or early redemption of rights in the cases mentioned in I of article L. 224-4 takes the form of a single payment which, at the option of the holder, relates to all or part of the right…

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