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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
Section 2: Prohibitions

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 Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2 : Decision of the departmental cinematographic development commission

Article L212-10-2

…t if planning permission is not required. Authorisation is granted for a specific number of screens and seats. A new application for authorisation is required if the project undergoes substantial chan…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Election of employee representatives

Article D112-21-1

…in accordance with the conditions laid down by Decree no. 2011-595 of 26 May 2011 on the conditions and procedures for implementing electronic Internet voting for the election of staff representatives…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 3: Approval of cinemas

Article R212-12-2

…212-12 specifies: 1° The technical specifications from which derogations are made; 2° The cinemas and equipment of the establishment concerned; 3° When it is granted on the basis of 4° of article R.…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Acquisition of French nationality by declaration of nationality

Article 21-12

…laim French nationality: 1° A child who, for at least three years, has been taken in by court order and brought up by a person of French nationality or has been entrusted to the child welfare service;…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Derogations on a geographical basis

Article L3132-25-2

I.-The request to delimit or modify the zones defined in articles L. 3132-25 and L. 3132-25-1 is made by the mayor or, after consultation with the mayors concerned, by the president of the public esta…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employment contract.

Article L5134-25-1

…be extended for a total period of up to twenty-four months, or five years for employees aged fifty and over who are experiencing particular difficulties that prevent their long-term integration into…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employment contract.

Article L5134-28-1

A certificate of professional experience is drawn up by the employer and given to the employee at his/her request or at the latest one month before the end of the employment support contract.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Responsibilities

Article R2512-29-1

…ting revenue of the City of Paris is affected by a coefficient of 29.13% for the departmental share and a coefficient of 70.87% for the municipal share;the actual operating expenditure of the City of…

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