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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Provisions applicable to hunting accidents.

Article R421-21

Compensation payable under the provisions of Article L. 421-8 of the Insurance Code to victims of accidents which give rise to personal injury or to their dependants shall be paid by the guarantee fun…

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

Article 312-31

…Animation projects, either in the form of single programmes with a planned running time of at least 8 minutes, or in the form of series.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Offences relating to securities issued by joint stock companies

Article L245-4

…tnership with shares hold, directly or indirectly under the conditions provided for by Article L. 228-35-8, non-voting preference shares in the company they manage is punishable by a fine of €150,000.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Duration of the contract.

Article L6222-13

…aining required to obtain the professional qualification sought, as provided for in article L. 6233-8.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article R17-1

…ation of any orders subjecting the latter to one of the obligations provided for in 1°, 2°, 3°, 4°, 8°, 9°, 12°, 14° and 17° of Article 138, as well as any orders abolishing, amending or dispensing wi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Employers' College

Article R1441-10

…portion to the number of member companies and employees obtained in application of articles R. 1441-8 and R. 1441-9 according to the rule of the highest average between professional organisations with…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Waste from infectious risk healthcare activities and similar waste

Article R1337-16

…ollection of waste from perforating medical devices under the conditions defined in article R. 1335-8-3 is punishable by a third-class fine.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Explosion prevention

Article R4227-53

…ures which is his responsibility in accordance with the provisions of articles R. 4511-5 to R. 4511-8.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Purpose

Article R5111-3

…one or other of the meetings of the social and economic committee provided for in articles L. 1233-8 and L. 1233-28.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: The Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L785-7

…621-6 law no. 2003-706 of 1 August 2003 L. 621-7 with the exception of 4° of its IV Law no. 2021-1308 of 8 October 2021 L. 621-7-2 Order no. 2007-544 of 12 April 2007 L. 621-8 to L. 621-8-2, L. 621-8-…

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