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

Article L212-11

…located to ancillary parking areas of a cinema subject to the authorisation provided for in article L. 212-7 of this code, whether or not installed on the same site as a business subject to authorisat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Combating drug addiction.

Article L3842-1

…f this Part shall apply in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, subject to the provisions of Article L. 3842-4 as amended by Law No. 2019-222 of 23 March 2019 on programming 2018-2022 and reform for th…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L111-1

…itles I, II and III of this Book concern only terrestrial insurance. With the exception of articles L. 111-6, L. 112-2, L. 112-4, L. 112-7 and L. 113-4-1, they do not apply to insurance contracts gove…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter II: Infringements of provisions relating to cinematographic exhibition permits

Article L432-1

…L. 211-1 or in breach of the conditions mentioned on this visa.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Monitoring weekly rest periods.

Article L3172-1

…er which the employer must notify the Labour Inspectorate monitoring officer referred to in article L. 8112-1 of the implementation of exceptions to the weekly rest period.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Trainee working conditions.

Article L6343-1

…ration of their presence in the company as part of one of the training courses mentioned in article L. 6313-1, trainees who do not have an employment contract benefit from the provisions of this code…

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

Article L5126-1

…holding, evaluation and dispensing of medicinal products, products or objects mentioned in Article L. 4211-1, sterile devices mentioned in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parlia…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter X: Insurance against the risk of cyber attacks

Article L12-10-1

The payment of a sum pursuant to a clause in an insurance contract intended to compensate an insured party for loss or damage caused by a breach of an automated data processing system referred to in a…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Travel documents

Article L561-10

…nal holding a valid residence permit who has been granted subsidiary protection pursuant to article L. 512-1 and who is still under the protection of the French Office for the Protection of Refugees a…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Civil penalties

Article L761-1

…n or personal recovery or during the implementation of the plan or measures provided for in Article L. 733-1 or Article L. 733-4.

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