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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Exceptional aid for particularly vulnerable farmers

Article 919-76

…appointed for a period of one year: 1° The Chairman of the Selective Exhibition Grants Commission; 2° A representative of the public limited company known as "Institut pour le financement du cinéma e…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Criminal provisions

Article R3222-3

Failure to communicate articles relating to equal pay for men and women in accordance with article R. 3221-2 is punishable by a third-class fine.

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Financial provisions.

Article R6147-110

…ised services; d) Follow-up and rehabilitation services; e) Long-term care units for care purposes. 2° Alternatives to hospitalisation, at least for each of the following categories: a) Part-time hosp…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 223-4

…ibuted at least three cinematographic works in the two years preceding the year of the application; 2° Or provide evidence of mandates or any contractual document attesting to the intention to conclud…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Investment allowances

Article 411-15

The investment of sums entered in the automatic cinema production account under 2° of article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General principles

Article L1333-1

…nces or materials containing natural radionuclides, hereinafter referred to as nuclear activities ; 2° Actions required to prevent or reduce risks in exposure situations as defined in Article L. 1333-…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 7: General training common to mountain sports teaching, supervision and training professions

Article A212-171

…themes: 1° Theme 1: regulatory framework for teaching, supervising and training in mountain sports; 2° Theme 2: approach to the economic and tourist activity of mountain sports; 3° Theme 3: knowledge…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: School and university health services.

Article L2325-3

As stated in article L. 541-3 of the Education Code, reproduced below: "In each department and arrondissement capital, in each commune with a population of more than 5,000 and in communes designated b…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Supplementary occupational pensions

Article R143-5

The report referred to in the last paragraph of Article L. 143-2-2 is sent to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution. The insurance undertaking or supplementary occupational pension fund…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Facilitating unauthorised entry, movement and residence

Article L823-3

…fined in articles L. 823-1 and L. 823-2 when the acts:1° Are committed as part of an organised gang;2° Are committed in circumstances that directly expose foreign nationals to an immediate risk of dea…

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