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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Approval of investments

Article 211-42

For the purposes of investment approval, feature films must meet the conditions set out in sub-section 2 of section 1 of this chapter.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
C: Temporary exemptions

Article 1383

I.-New buildings, reconstructions and additions to buildings for residential use are exempt from property tax on built properties for the two years following their completion. The municipality may, by…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Public policy

Article L3142-113

…ess than three hundred employees, the employer may refuse the leave or the change to part-time work:1° If, after consulting the Social and Economic Committee, the employer considers that the leave or…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L310-3-2

Undertakings not covered by the Solvency II regime are : 1° Undertakings referred to in Article L. 310-1 or in the first paragraph of Article L. 321-10-3 which are not Solvency II undertakings within…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Foreign investment subject to authorisation

Article R151-14

The daily amount of a penalty payment ordered pursuant to article L. 151-3-1 may not exceed fifty thousand euros. Penalties are recovered in the same way as State debts other than taxes and property.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Compulsory vaccinations.

Article R3111-2

The vaccinations referred to in I of article L. 3111-2 are given during the child's first eighteen months, in accordance with the ages set out in the calendar provided for in article L. 3111-1.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Exposure limit values

Article R4451-8

…ure of young people aged at least sixteen and under eighteen to ionising radiation does not exceed: 1° For the whole body, 6 millisieverts over 12 consecutive months, assessed on the basis of the effe…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Banking, payment services and electronic money

Article L752-1

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in New Caledonia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table:Applicable art…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Banking, payment services and electronic money

Article L753-1

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same table:Applicable…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Single chapter

Article L641-1

…ng provisions of the legislative part of this Code are applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands: 1° Book I, with the exception of 6° of Article…

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