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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Rules applicable to other payment instruments

Article D133-10

…ce with the security provisions set out in the same Delegated Regulation and detailed in a security reference framework drawn up by the Banque de France pursuant to Article L. 521-8 of this Code. This…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Duration.

Article L145-4

The term of the lease may not be less than nine years.However, the lessee has the option of giving notice of termination at the end of a three-year period, at least six months in advance, by registere…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Authorisation

Article R4461-32

…ment of receipt: 1° To the central services under the authority of the Minister of the Interior for option B "rescue and safety" ; 2° To the services placed under the authority of the director of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Content of the digital health space

Article R1111-27

…rticle R. 1111-42; 3° a) Their health constants produced in particular by digital services or tools referenced in the catalogue mentioned in 6°; b) A health questionnaire freely completed by the holde…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Management of income from the exploitation of rights

Article L324-16

…re paid. All right holders are informed of the distribution or payment date in an easily accessible reference document.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Safety requirements for football, handball, field and indoor hockey goal cages and basketball goals

Article R322-22

Equipment manufactured in accordance with the relevant safety standards, the references of which are published in the Journal officiel de la République française, is deemed to meet the safety requirem…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Recording of sums calculated on the automatic audiovisual production account

Article 311-52

…age animée at the joint request of the production companies made before registration on the list of reference works, the sums calculated may be distributed and entered in accordance with different pro…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership.

Article R225-125

…nonces légales obligatoires, the copy of this balance sheet may be replaced by an indication of the reference of the previous publication. If no balance sheet has yet been drawn up, this is mentioned…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article R17-4

…tigation in exchange for the documents referred to in 7° of Article 138 must mention the nature and references of the document withdrawn, the surname, forenames, date of birth and domicile of the pers…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Management of situations of long-term exposure resulting from a radiological emergency

Article R1333-92

…cation of the optimisation principle defined in 2° of Article L. 1333-2 and taking into account the reference level defined in Article R. 1333-93.

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