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

Article 231-12

I. - The second group comprises the following three categories of cinemas:1° Category C: cinemas located in urban units with a population of 100,000 or more;2° Category D: cinemas located in urban uni…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Duty to comply

Article R752-44

1° For shops and commercial complexes: a) The sales area referred to, as appropriate, in a, b, d or e of 1° of I of Article R. 752-6, before and after completion of the project, with, where applicable…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Principles.

Article L6241-1

I.-The purpose of the apprenticeship tax is to promote equal access to apprenticeships and to contribute to the financing of apprenticeship development initiatives under the conditions set out in arti…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Agglomeration communities

Article L5842-28

I. - Articles L. 5216-5 with the exception of II bis, V and VII, and articles L. 5216-6 to L. 5216-7-1 shall apply in French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II. II. - For the appl…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article R3361-3

For the application of the regulatory provisions of Book I in French Polynesia: 1° In Article R. 3121-6, the words: "and that a report be sent to the European Commission if it so requests" are deleted…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article R3381-4

For the application of the regulatory provisions of Book I in the French Southern and Antarctic Lands:1° In article R. 3121-6, the words: "and that a report be sent to the European Commission if it so…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article R3351-3

For the application of the regulatory provisions of Book I in the Wallis and Futuna Islands:1° In article R. 3121-6, the words: "and that a report be sent to the European Commission if it so requests"…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article R3371-3

For the application of the regulatory provisions of Book I in New Caledonia:1° In article R. 3121-6, the words: "and that a report be sent to the European Commission if it so requests" are deleted;2°…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title II: Management of copyright and related rights by an organisation

Article R326-1

A collective management organisation governed by Title II of Book III may be approved under Article L. 134-3, if it:1° Demonstrates, through the composition of its deliberative and management bodies,…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: REFUGEE STATUS

Article L511-8

The French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons terminates refugee status, on its own initiative or at the request of the administrative authority, when the person concerned fal…

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