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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Criminal provisions

Article L1133-2

As stated in Article 226-26 of the French Criminal Code, reproduced below: "The act of diverting information gathered on a person by means of an examination of their genetic characteristics from their…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: New horizontal aid to compensate for reduced activity

Article 919-87

This aid is granted under the same terms and conditions as those provided for in articles 916-26 to 916-33.However, the 20% reduction provided for in the ninth paragraph of article 916-28 and the dead…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article R521-7

…old, his/her fingerprints will be taken in full, in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 603/2013 of 26 June 2013.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions

Article R3124-11

…h the provisions relating to maximum weekly working hours set out in articles L. 3121-20 to L. 3121-26 is punishable by a fourth-class fine. As many fines are imposed for each infringement as there ar…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Criminal provisions

Article R6227-3

…prentice under the age of eighteen to work at night, in breach of the provisions of article L. 6222-26, is punishable by a fifth-class fine. Repeated offences are punishable in accordance with article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L3121-2-2

…ssories intended to perform self-diagnostics, as defined in point 5 of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017, for the detection of transmi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Communication and registration of documents.

Article R123-152-2

…bear the secure electronic signature of the registrar who drew them up, as defined by the décret n° 2017-1416 du 28 septembre 2017 relatif à la signature électronique; 4°They must be stored under cond…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Overall operating grant

Article R1613-1

…tivités territoriales régies respectivement par les lois n° 84-16 du 11 janvier 1984 et n° 84-53 du 26 janvier 1984, and by the décret n° 85-1148 du 24 octobre 1985 relatif à la rémunération des perso…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Limited liability companies.

Article L223-39

…all have access to the meetings. The documents referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 223-26 are made available to the statutory auditors under the conditions determined by decree of the Con…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board

Article L22-10-25

…ce-chairman elected pursuant to article L. 225-81, under the conditions set out in article L. 22-10-26.

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