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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Freedom of establishment

Article R4351-24

…or Health:1° The composition of the file submitted in support of the application for authorisation ;2° The composition of the aptitude test panel and the procedures for organising this test;3° The ter…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Freedom of establishment

Article R4351-23

The commission examines the knowledge, skills and competencies acquired during the person's initial training, professional experience and lifelong learning which have been validated by a competent bod…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R6523-2-4-1

In application of article L. 6523-1-1, a skills operator that is not based in an overseas territory may enter into an agreement with a skills operator that is based there for the purpose of carrying o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Deaths of hospitalised patients and measures relating to children who may be declared lifeless at the civil registry office in health establishments.

Article R1112-76-2

For the application of the provisions of this sub-section, army hospitals are considered to be health establishments.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 5: Salaried employees

Article R743-139-20

…rk is notified of the layoff, he shall be suspended from performing his duties as a public official and from exercising his professional mandates.Within five days of notification of the dismissal or l…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions relating to beneficiaries

Article 211-2

The beneficiaries of financial aid for the production and preparation of feature films are production companies.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Conditions relating to aid intensity

Article 211-22

The limit provided for in article 211-21 is raised to 70% for difficult or low-budget cinematographic works that do not benefit from the tax credit for delegated production expenses for cinematographi…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Conditions relating to aid intensity

Article 211-20

…production of a given feature film may not:1° Exceed 50% of the final production cost of this work and, in the case of an international co-production, 50% of the French participation;2° Have the effe…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Conditions relating to aid intensity

Article 211-21

…ector's first or second work. A low-budget work is one whose final cost is less than or equal to €1,250,000.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 221-2

The following are subject to the provisions of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in application of Articles…

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