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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Commission départementale d'aménagement cinématographique (Departmental Cinematographic Development Commission)

Article L212-6-4

The conditions for appointing the members of the departmental cinematographic development commission and the procedures for its operation are set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations of directors and shareholders of market undertakings

Article L421-7-4

Market undertakings and their appointments committees shall call on a wide range of qualities and skills when recruiting the persons referred to in article L. 421-7 and, to this end, shall implement a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Appearance on preliminary recognition of guilt

Article 495-13

When the victim of the offence is identified, he or she is informed of this procedure without delay, by any means. He or she is invited to appear at the same time as the perpetrator, accompanied if ne…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Relations between hoteliers and online reservation platforms

Article L311-5-4

This sub-section applies regardless of where the online reservation platform is established, provided that the rental is made to a hotel established in France. Contracts between hoteliers and online r…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Redundancies for economic reasons.

Article L321-4-2

I.-In companies not subject to the provisions of article L. 321-4-3, the employer is obliged to offer each employee whose redundancy is being considered for economic reasons the benefit of a personali…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Intervention by the fund in the event of the withdrawal of an insurance undertaking's administrative authorisation

Article L421-9-4

When the guarantee fund takes responsibility, on behalf of the company in liquidation, for the settlement of the losses mentioned in articles L. 211-1 and L 242-1, the first paragraph of III of articl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Management standards applicable to investment services providers and prudential provisions applicable to investment firms

Article L533-4-2

I.-The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may decide to apply the requirements of Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013, in accordance…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Counterfeiting litigation

Article L716-4-8

…of its own motion or at the request of any person with standing to bring an infringement action, all legally permissible investigative measures even if a seizure for infringement has not previously…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Sociétés anonymes d'assurance, de capitalisation et de réassurance.

Article L322-4-7

In the event that the Chairman of the Board of Directors ceases to hold office, following a decision by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution to oppose his appointment pursuant to Artic…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Applicable regulations.

Article L1262-4-5

On building or civil engineering sites covered by article L. 4532-10, the project owner shall inform posted employees, by means of posters in the workplace, of the regulations applicable to them pursu…

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