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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Permission to leave

Article D143-5

Persons sentenced to one or more custodial sentences of a total duration not exceeding five years and persons sentenced to one or more custodial sentences of a total duration exceeding five years when…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Local authorities governed by Article 73 of the Constitution, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article R6152-528

…e, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin or Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, and when they return to mainland France after this assignment, their transport costs, their spouse and dependent children within the mean…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Local authorities governed by Article 73 of the Constitution, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon

Article R6152-529

…ana, Martinique, La Réunion, Mayotte, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon receive a special monthly allowance, not subject to contributions to the supplementary pension scheme…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Job search.

Article L5411-6

…ôle emploi. They are required to participate in defining and updating the personalised employment access project referred to in article L. 5411-6-1, to carry out positive and repeated acts of job-seek…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Article L1441-5

…do not apply in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon:1° The first paragraph, the first, third and fourth sentences of the second paragraph of I and the last seven paragraphs of III ofArticle L. 1434-10 ; 2° The…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Composition

Article L2363-5

…ve Society representing the staff of the participating entities, subsidiaries and establishments concerned located in France are appointed in accordance with the provisions of Article L. 2352-5 and, w…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Pharmacies for internal use.

Article L5126-6

…equest of the ministers responsible for health and social security, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (French National Agency for the Safe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 12: Associate practitioners.

Article D6152-633-1

The allowances available to associate practitioners are as follows: 1° Hardship allowances corresponding to the time worked, within the framework of weekly service obligations, at night, on Saturday a…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Exceptional aid to help offset the loss of revenue resulting from the introduction of the health pass

Article 919-53

…between 14 July 2021 and 28 September 2021;2° Have not given rise to the issue of a distribution licence mentioned in article 222-3.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Exceptional aid to help offset the loss of revenue resulting from the introduction of the health pass

Article 919-54

…n 100,000 and less than or equal to 200,000;- 0.04 per ticket for the fraction of tickets sold in excess of 200,000 and up to 500,000;- €0.01 per ticket for the fraction of tickets sold in excess of 5…

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