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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 2291-1

A sub-guarantee is a contract by which a person undertakes to pay the guarantor what the debtor may owe him under the guarantee..

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General privileges

Article 2331-1

The privileges of the Treasury and the Social Security funds are determined by the laws that concern them.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L1333-26

I.-Where, on or in land, buildings or structures, the man-made presence of radioactive substances is likely to cause exposure of persons to ionising radiation or emissions of radioactive substances ju…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L432-2

A body is entrusted by the State with managing and issuing, under its supervision, on its behalf and in its name, the public guarantees for foreign trade provided for in Article L. 432-1.These guarant…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Regional hospital groups

Article L6132-2

I.-The agreement setting up the regional hospital grouping is drawn up and then sent to the agency or, where appropriate, to the competent regional health agencies. The Director(s) General of the rele…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of application

Article L341-2

The following shall be eligible for the benefit of this Title: 1° Database producers who are nationals of a Member State of the European Community or of a State party to the Agreement on the European…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title I: MEDIATION

Article L613-2

When employed or remunerated exclusively by the professional, the consumer mediator satisfies the following additional conditions:1° He is appointed, in accordance with a transparent procedure, by a c…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Development of cross-border apprenticeships

Article L6235-2

I.-The procedures for implementing cross-border apprenticeships are specified in an agreement concluded between France and the border country in which the practical or theoretical part of the apprenti…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Points scale for animated works

Article 211-12

For cinematographic works in the animation genre, points are divided into six groups as follows: I.-Production company and authors" group A maximum of 35 points are allocated to the "Production compan…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Number of points required

Article 211-13

I.-Feature-length cinematographic works must obtain at least 25 points out of 100. A derogation may be granted by the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée for foreign-initia…

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