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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Presumption of salaried status.

Article L7112-1

Any agreement by which a press company secures the services of a professional journalist in return for remuneration is presumed to be a contract of employment. This presumption applies irrespective of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Rural equipment support

Article R3232-1-1

This provision is the subject of an agreement between the department and the commune or public establishment for inter-communal cooperation that has requested to benefit from it. This agreement sets o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Role of local authorities

Article R5322-1

…its request for an agreement to the Prefect and Pôle emploi. A copy of the municipal council's decision authorising the mayor to enter into an agreement with the establishment and the State is attach…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V : Equalisation of tax resources

Article R3335-5

…for the départements of the Ile-de-France region is allocated; 4° The number of beneficiaries of housing benefit and the number of housing units referred to in 4° of II of Article L. 3335-4 are determ…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Taking a sample

Article R512-20

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Reorganisation and winding-up measures for credit institutions and investment firms

Article L613-31-3

Subject to the provisions of Articles L. 613-31-5 and L. 613-31-6 : 1° Reorganisation and winding-up measures decided by the competent authorities of a Member State other than France in respect of a c…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Investment research, financial analysis and voting advisory services

Article L544-6

Articles L. 544-3 to L. 544-5 apply to voting advisers whose registered office is in France, to voting advisers whose registered office is not in a Member State of the European Union but whose head of…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 919-5

…scheduled to be released in cinemas in 2020 but which could not be released due to the ban on admission to cinemas;2° Produced under production conditions allowing production approval to be granted;3…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Role of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé.

Article R5121-156

The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé: 1° Records any adverse reaction suspected to be due to a medicinal product or to a product mentioned in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Ability to negotiate.

Article L2231-1

…or one or more individual employers.Employers' associations constituted in accordance with the provisions of the law of 1st July 1901 relating to the contract of association, which are competent to ne…

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