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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to all financing bodies

Article L214-166-2

Financing organisations and specialised professional funds that meet the characteristics defined by a decree of the Conseil d'Etat take the name of "fonds de prêt à l'économie" (economic loan funds) a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3a: Departmental Mobilisation Fund for Integration

Article L3334-16-2

…2, in the experiment relating to the recentralisation of the solidarity income mentioned in article L. 262-2 of the code of social action and families are no longer eligible for the fund mentioned in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General principles relating to research involving the human person

Article L1121-16-2

Articles L. 1121-4 and L. 1121-15 do not apply to non-interventional research involving cosmetic or food products where such research is included in a list established by order of the Minister for Hea…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Consumer rights

Article L224-25-16

I.-Defects in conformity which become apparent within twelve months of the digital content or digital service being supplied are presumed to have existed at the time of that supply, in the absence of…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Safety at sporting events

Article L332-16-2

…the previous paragraph, the additional penalty of a one-year stadium ban as provided for in article L. 332-11 must be imposed, unless a specially reasoned decision is taken to the contrary.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Discipline.

Article L1442-16-2

The decisions of the National Disciplinary Committee and those of its Chairman shall state the reasons on which they are based.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 16: Members of the joint regional interprofessional committee

Article L2412-16

…f an employee who is a member of the regional cross-industry joint committee referred to in Article L. 23-111-1 may only be terminated before its term due to serious misconduct or unfitness for work c…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Judicial police officers

Article 16-2

Within one month of the explicit or implicit rejection of the request provided for in the previous article, the judicial police officer may lodge an appeal with a commission composed of three judges o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Serial analysis files

Article 230-16

The following shall be recipients of the personal data referred to in this section:

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Advances

Article 232-16

…article L. 115-1 du code du cinéma et de l'image animée paid in respect of the establishment in the twelve m…

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