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

Article 322-9

…the following criteria:1° The originality of the project and its contribution to creative diversity;2° The quality of the project's writing, particularly with regard to the game mechanics and the lite…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Establishments and organisations authorised to combat tuberculosis

Article D3112-8

…s the health needs of the populations, particularly those most at risk of contracting this disease; 2° The relevance of the application for authorisation in relation to the needs identified in the reg…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Public policy

Article D3141-3

The following may not be deducted from annual leave: 1° Authorised absences ; 2° Maternity, paternity and adoption leave under articles L. 1225-17, L. 1225-35 and L. 1225-37; 3° Days of absence due to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Central depositories

Article L762-9

…o paragraphs;b) The words "and the Institut d'émission d'outre-mer" are added to the last paragraph;2° (Repealed).

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Termination by mutual agreement as part of a collective agreement on collective redundancy by mutual agreement

Article L1237-19-3

…the collective agreement once it has verified: 1° Its compliance with the same article L. 1237-19; 2° The presence of the clauses provided for in article L. 1237-19-1; 3° The precise and concrete nat…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Organisation prior to a radiological emergency

Article R4451-99

…ioned in article R. 4451-96 is likely to exceed 20 millisieverts during the radiological emergency; 2° To the "second group" when the worker does not come under the first group and the effective dose…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Contract notices for contracts awarded in accordance with a formal procedure

Article R2331-8

For contracts awarded in accordance with one of the formalised procedures listed in articles R. 2324-2 to R. 2324-4, the purchaser shall publish a contract notice in the Official Journal of the Europe…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Assets backing regulated commitments.

Article A332-3

…ast 30 million euros, or from an issue programme with a minimum value of at least 30 million euros; 2° Bonds, giving rise to identical rights to capital and interest, resulting from one or more issues…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Powers of the public prosecutor

Article 41-1-2

…ic Prosecutor, over a period which may not exceed one year and which is specified by the agreement; 2° Submit, for a maximum period of three years and under the supervision of the French Anti-Corrupti…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Reports

Article D4622-57

…ces and tools used, in particular an up-to-date electronic address to facilitate data transmission; 2° The implementation of the actions set out in the multi-year service project and in particular, fo…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
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