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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 5: Specific provisions for physical activity or sports establishments which organise the practice or teaching of underwater diving

Article R322-41

In the establishments covered by this section, the holder of a diploma mentioned in article L. 212-1 of the French Sports Code relating to the supervision of underwater diving is deemed to hold, in re…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Water and sanitation

Article L4424-36-1

…plan for water development and management to bring it into line with the provisions of articles L. 212-1 and L. 212-2 of the Environment Code.If, within eight months of this request addressed to the…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Measures to boost film production

Article 916-7

Notwithstanding the first, second and fourth paragraphs of article 212-14, for aid applications submitted between 1 January 2021 and 30 June 2021, the amount of the direct grant is equal to 50% of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Financial organisation.

Article L6145-11

…ainst hospitalised patients, their debtors and the persons designated by articles 205, 206, 207 and 212 of the Civil Code. These appeals fall within the jurisdiction of the family court.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Appeal against the decision of the commission départementale d'aménagement cinématographique (Departmental Cinematographic Development Commission)

Article L212-10-3

…L. 212-6-2, of the person mentioned in e of the same 1° or of the preside…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Approval, transfer and cessation of business.

Article R522-10

…per square metre of shop floor and 1.06 euros per square metre of building site, with a minimum of 212 euros and a maximum of 2,120 euros, applicable to all establishments operating in the same commu…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Distribution of detainees in establishments

Article D83

In accordance with the dispositions de l'article D. 212-4 du code pénitentiaire, pour chaque maison d'arrêt, le chef d'établissement informe chaque mois les autorités judiciaires mentionnés au même ar…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Summary orders

Article 836-1

…o the proceedings being conducted without a hearing in accordance with the provisions of Article L. 212-5-1 of the Code de l'organisation judiciaire. In this case, article 828 and, where representatio…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Exploitation in the form of videograms

Article D231-2

…231-1 is granted when, at the end of the fourth cinema week within the meaning of 5° of article D. 212-67, the number of admissions for the film is less than or equal to 100,000.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Publication of the acts of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée and its Chairman

Article A112-35

…Articles R. 212-28,…

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