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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Court reconciliation software

Article 230-22

…three years. Personal data that may come to light as a result of the investigations referred to in 2° of the same article shall be deleted as soon as the investigation has enabled the missing person…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Conditions relating to aid intensity

Article 211-20

…st of this work and, in the case of an international co-production, 50% of the French participation;2° Have the effect of increasing the total amount of public financial aid to more than 50% of the fi…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Intervention by the family court

Article 373-2-11

…ractice previously followed by the parents or any agreements they may have previously entered into; 2° The feelings expressed by the minor child under the conditions provided for in Article 388-1 ; 3°…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Chiropodists.

Article L4322-11-2

…resident of the council, disciplinary chamber or social insurance section of which he is a member ; 2° Or, if the elected representative concerned is the president of a council, by the president of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Physiotherapists.

Article L4321-18-2

…resident of the council, disciplinary chamber or social insurance section of which he is a member ; 2° Or, if the elected representative concerned is the president of a council, by the president of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation.

Article R1411-55-2

Each year, within the framework of the coordination body provided for in article L. 1411-5-1, the Minister for Health shall draw up a provisional list of the referrals he intends to make to the High C…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Member of the staff delegation to the social and economic committee and local representative

Article R2421-21

The request for authorisation to terminate the employment contract of a member of the staff delegation to the social and economic committee or of a local representative by individual or collective agr…

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

Article R511-2-1-1

…ic procurement contract, as referred to in Article L. 1220-1 of the French Public Procurement Code; 2° Over the last two financial years, one of the two companies has received or is receiving a public…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Regulations

Article L611-1-2

…service providers, in particular concerning :1° Requirements relating to good repute and aptitude ;2° The registration procedures provided for in Article L. 523-1.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Loan categories

Article L754-4

The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the following table shall apply in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column of the same tabl…

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