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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 231-30

I.-In year n, the decision to award a classification, a label and a grant is taken after receiving the opinion of the art cinema commission meeting in a regional formation. The Chairman of the Centre…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions.

Article R214-208

Notwithstanding I and II of article R. 214-32-29, company mutual funds and employee shareholding open-ended investment companies may hold, without limitation, securities issued by the company or by a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 2: Dotation globale de fonctionnement (R).

Article R2563-4-1

The sub-envelope of the national equalisation grant mentioned in 1° of II of article L. 2334-23-1 accruing to the municipalities of each overseas department is distributed among them half in proportio…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Checking and recording offences

Article L425-2

In addition to the officers and agents of the judicial police acting within the framework of the provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the officers and agents of New Caledonia responsible for…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Control of sociétés anonymes.

Article L225-218

The Ordinary General Meeting may appoint one or more statutory auditors under the conditions set out in Articles L. 225-228 and L. 22-10-66. Companies which, at the end of a financial year, exceed the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Patentable inventions

Article L611-13

For the application of Article L. 611-11, a disclosure of the invention shall not be taken into consideration in the following two cases:-if it takes place within the six months preceding the filing d…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Principles.

Article L4622-5-1

Without prejudice to the third paragraph of Article L. 1251-22, where a company has its own occupational health and prevention service, this service may, under conditions laid down by agreement, ensur…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Cosmetic products.

Article L5431-1

The following are authorised to investigate and record breaches of the provisions of Chapter I of Title III of Book I of Part Five, and of the regulatory measures adopted for the application of these…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 3: Terms of office for members of the urban community council

Article L5842-27

I. - Articles L. 5216-4 and L. 5216-4-2 are applicable in French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II.II. - For the application of Article L. 5216-4:1° The words: "of Chapter III of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Processing of criminal records

Article R40-32

The implementation and updating of the processing operation shall be supervised by a senior public prosecutor, appointed for three years by order of the Minister of Justice, and assisted by a committe…

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