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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Content and conditions of validity.

Article L1321-2

The internal regulations set out : 1° The provisions relating to employees' rights of defence as defined in Articles L. 1332-1 to L. 1332-3 or by the applicable collective agreement; 2° The provisions…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Drinking water.

Article L1321-2

In order to ensure the protection of water quality, the act declaring the works for the abstraction of water intended for human consumption to be in the public interest, as mentioned in article L. 215…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: Contracts comprising severable services

Article L1321-2

When a conceding authority decides to enter into a single contract even though this contract relates to objectively separable services that fall under both the ordinary law governing concession contra…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 5: Pledging of software exploitation rights

Article R132-13

Requests for the rectification of material errors relating to acts previously published in the register may be submitted by any party to the acts concerned, in accordance with the procedure mentioned…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Communication of documents between the parties.

Article 132

A party who refers to an exhibit undertakes to communicate it to any other party to the proceedings. Communication of exhibits must be spontaneous.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Declaration of absence

Article 132

The marriage of the absent person remains dissolved, even if the judgment declaring the absence has been annulled.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
10°: Bonds received in exchange for shares in companies concerned by the extension of the public sector

Article 132 ter

The income from bonds handed over by the caisse nationale de l'industrie and the caisse nationale des banques in exchange for shares transferred to the State pursuant to the loi de nationalisation n°…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
9°: Borrowings issued by the State

Article 132 bis

1 The withholding tax provided for in 1 of article 119 bis and the levy provided for in I of article 125 A interest, arrears and all other proceeds from bonds, public bills and other negotiable debt s…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter II: Ethics

Article 132-7

Failure to comply with an ethical obligation defined in this chapter may be grounds for the Chairman of the Centre National du Cinéma et de l'Image Animée to declare that the member is permanently una…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter II: Ethics

Article 132-3

Committee members may not take part in the deliberations if they have a direct or indirect interest in the subject of those deliberations.If a committee member is in a conflict of interest situation w…

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