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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Data processing

Article R2122-13

The information listed in article R. 2122-12 is taken from the declarations mentioned in article L. 2122-10-3.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Public policy

Article L3141-20

The rules governing the splitting of leave provided for in this sub-section may be waived in accordance with the procedures set out in paragraphs 2 and 3.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VII: Legal costs

Article R344

Paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article R. 194 are deleted.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VI: Legal costs

Article R420

Paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article R. 194 are deleted.

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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 A112-33

…oved programming commitments; 2° Elements of programming projects valid as programming commitments; 3° Decisions to approve cinema access packages, as well as the commitments of the exhibitor issuing…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Checking gases and regulators

Article R4461-23

…other than air complies with the occupational exposure limit values laid down in this sub-section; 3° where binary or ternary mixtures are used, that the nitrogen and, where appropriate, helium conte…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Checks, verifications and identity records

Article 78-5

Those who refuse to take fingerprints or photographs authorised by the public prosecutor or investigating judge, in accordance with the provisions of article 78-3.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Public prosecutor's delegates and mediators

Article R15-33-32

…judicial court; 2° A copy of the articles of association and, where applicable, the internal rules; 3° A list of the association's establishments with an indication of their registered offices; 4° A s…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 6 : Exceptional aid to compensate for the loss of turnover due to the ban on the sale and consumption of food and drink in cinemas

Article 919-96

…r relating to the sale of food and beverages achieved by this cinema over a given period defined in 3° and the sum of the turnover relating to the sale of food and beverages achieved over this same pe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Compensation for unpaid claims.

Article R663-50

In the event of the opening of compulsory liquidation proceedings under the conditions provided for in articles L. 645-9 and L. 645-12, the indemnity provided for in articles L. 663-3 and R. 663-41 is…

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