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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe I-0-1 (art. A114-3)

Title I DRAWING UP THE ELECTORAL LIST I-1. The director of the sports resources, expertise and performance centre draws up the list of voters and eligible persons for each college in accordance with t…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IX: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R592-3

For the application of this book to Saint-Barthélemy: 1° References to the Prefect are replaced by references to the State representative in Saint-Barthélemy and references to the Prefecture are repla…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single section.

Article R1113-3

When the person admitted or accommodated decides to keep with them during their stay one or more of the items that may be deposited in application of article R. 1113-1, the establishment or the State…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Recipient organisation

Article R1221-3

The pre-recruitment declaration is sent by the employer : 1° Either to the body responsible for collecting contributions under the general social security scheme in whose territorial jurisdiction the…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 231-36

The aid is awarded in the form of a grant.The aid is the subject of an agreement signed with the operator of the cinema.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 231-37

The beneficiaries of aid for difficult programming are operators of cinemas in operation at the time of notification of the decision to award the aid.In the event of a change of operator during the pe…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 231-35

The decision to grant aid is taken after consultation with the Commission des aides à la programmation difficile.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 321-21

The beneficiary of pre-production aid has a period of eighteen months from the signing of the agreement to provide the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée with proof of pre-production of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to the procedure for release from psychiatric care without consent

Article R3211-30

The judge's order is made within twelve days of registration of the application at the court registry. This period is extended to twenty-five days if an expert opinion is ordered.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Return visit

Article R4624-31

The employee is entitled to a return to work examination by the occupational physician: 1° After maternity leave ; 2° After an absence due to an occupational illness ; 3° After an absence of at least…

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