French regulations concerning the mitigation of development impacts have been progressively strengthened with offsets now required for impacts on forests, wetlands, and protected species, among others.
French regulations require that a proportion of sales from Vivendi's pay-TV arm Canal Plus must be reinvested in the French film industry.
Companies that want to operate legally in France, by contrast, must secure a local license, abide by French regulations and agree to pay French taxes.
Foreign media are also subject to the French regulations and penalties, Mattias Guyomar, the general secretary of the government's polling auditor, told the leftist newspaper Libération this week.
Still, he had to wait until 2008 to plant vines on the site, because of French regulations restricting the willy-nilly expansion of vineyards.
For instance, it cannot offer prescriptions for glasses under French regulations and so cannot become a one-stop shop, such as Boots Opticians, familiar to British shoppers.
He was referring to French regulations that often make firing impossible, guarantee six-week vacations and provide comprehensive pensions and health care.
"Spanghero confirms having placed an order for beef, having been led to believe it received beef, and having sold back what it thought was beef, properly labeled as such, in line with European and French regulations".
Still, France has so far been reasonably well insulated from the American crisis, in large part because French banks are still heavily retail, mortgages normally require significant down payments and French regulations do not allow subprime mortgages.
According to French regulations, such an observational study does not require patients to sign an informed consent.
With respect to the French regulations and with regard to the retrospective nature of the work, no consent to participate was required.
