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

Article 231-16

…f the activity of one or more cinemas is transferred to a new cinema located in the same urban area and operated by the same operator during the reference period, the classification is carried out and…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Staff reports and monitoring of the judicial activities of judicial police officers (Provisions adopted for the application of articles 13, 16, 19-1, 224 to 230 and R. 14 to R. 15-6 of the Code of Criminal Procedure)

Article D44-2

The public prosecutor, after gathering the observations of the investigating judge(s) and, where applicable, the juvenile court judge(s), as well as those of the president(s) of the criminal division(…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 15: Work involving the risk of drowning.

Article R4534-136

…l shall be provided; 3° Where appropriate, at least one boat, manned by seamen who know how to swim and dive, shall be permanently placed near the most dangerous workstations. This boat is equipped wi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
A: Authorisation for gendarmerie judicial police officers

Article R15-2-1

…the status of judicial police officer during their activity may be authorised, under the conditions and according to the procedures set out in articles R. 15-2-2 to R. 15-2-6, to exercise the powers a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Civil servants and public service employees

Article 28-1-1

I.-Customs officers and tax officials not specially designated pursuant to Articles 28-1 and 28-2, who have passed a training course culminating in an examination certifying their suitability to carry…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Civil servants and public service employees

Article 28-1

I.-Category A and B customs officers, specially designated by order of the ministers responsible for justice and the budget, taken after the assent of a commission whose composition and operation are…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Provisions specific to specialised finance companies

Article L214-190-2-1

…s, the Management Board or the company's senior managers, when exceptional circumstances so require and if the interests of investors or the public so dictate, in accordance with the conditions laid d…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Provisions applicable to investment services providers relating to the design and distribution of financial instruments

Article L533-24-1-1

…ers other than portfolio management companies that design financial instruments for sale to clients and investment service providers that offer, recommend or market financial instruments are not subje…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Business-to-business loans

Article R511-2-1-1

…a of article L. 511-6 may be granted when the lending company or a member of its group, on the one hand, and the borrowing company or a member of its group, on the other hand, are economically linked…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Some specific time limits and starting points.

Article 2226-1

A liability action seeking compensation for ecological damage redressable under Chapter III of Subtitle II of Title III of this Book shall be barred after ten years from the day on which the holder of…

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