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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L212-12

The rules relating to the compatibility of the authorisation provided for in article L. 212-7 with territorial coherence schemes are set out in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: The judgment adopting the plan and the implementation of the plan.

Article L626-12

Without prejudice to the application of the provisions of Article L. 626-18, the duration of the plan is set by the court. It may not exceed ten years. Where the debtor is a person engaged in an agric…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VI: Provisions adapting Book VI.

Article L936-12

Article L. 643-11 does not apply.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Personal data protection committees and competent authority

Article L1123-12

I.-The competent authority for the research involving the human person provided for in article L. 1121-1 is the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (French National Age…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Mandate.

Article L2143-12

The number of trade union delegates for each trade union section in each company or establishment is calculated under conditions determined by decree by the Conseil d'Etat, taking into account the num…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Terms and conditions of sale

Article L3512-12

It is forbidden to sell or offer free of charge tobacco products as defined in article L. 3512-1 or ingredients as defined in article L. 3512-2 to minors under the age of eighteen in tobacconists and…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Professional sport

Article L222-12

The incompatibilities and incapacities provided for in Articles L. 222-9 to L. 222-11 apply to employees of a sports agent or of the company that he has set up to carry out his activity. It is forbidd…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 5: Voluntary secure mobility

Article L1222-12

In companies and groups of companies, within the meaning of article L. 2331-1, with at least three hundred employees, any employee with at least twenty-four months' seniority, consecutive or otherwise…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IX: Special provisions applicable to motor vehicle accidents occurring abroad.

Article L421-12

The guarantee fund is also responsible for compensating victims when the accident caused by a vehicle referred to in article L. 421-11 occurs during a journey directly linking two territories where th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Hygiene of buildings and built-up areas.

Article L1331-12

The provisions of articles L. 1331-1 to L. 1331-11 are applicable to local authorities and their public establishments subject to special legislation having the same purpose. However, the competent as…

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