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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Provisions relating to aid for the creation and distribution of short cinematographic and audiovisual works

Article 918-4

For pre-production grants awarded in 2020 and 2021, the fifteen-month period referred to in the first paragraph of article 411-29 is increased to twenty-four months. This provision also applies to gra…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Hearing and deliberation

Article R532-44

The panel deliberates in the absence of the parties. The rapporteur does not have the right to vote.The decision is taken by a majority of votes. A copy of the list of the hearing mentioning the meani…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Monitoring of probation measures and alternative sanctions and subsequent decision in the event of non-compliance

Article 764-43

Where, as a result of new criminal proceedings brought against the person concerned in the sentencing State, the competent authority of that State requests that jurisdiction over the supervision of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Procedures for accessing the shared medical record and the rights of the holder

Article R1111-48

The holder is informed of his right to object to access to his shared medical record by a professional in the emergency situations provided for in I of article L. 1111-17. In the absence of opposition…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Financial provisions

Article L5722-4

If the resources generated by the depreciation charge for the year are greater than the financing requirement for the syndicate's investment section, the surplus portion may be taken from the operatin…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions (R)

Article R2321-4

For the caisses des écoles of communes of 3,500 inhabitants or more and the caisses des écoles intercommunales comprising a commune of 3,500 inhabitants or more, the depreciation allowances for fixed…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: National Council for Periodic Certification

Article D4022-4

Rules of procedure govern the operation of the collegiate body and the professional committees. They specify the procedures for convening members to meetings, forwarding agendas and organising meeting…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter III: Special contribution

Article R8253-4

On expiry of the deadline, the Director General of the French Office for Immigration and Integration decides, in the light of any observations made by the employer, whether to apply the special contri…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Rights conferred by registration

Article L513-4

In the absence of the consent of the owner of the design, the manufacture, offering, placing on the market, import, export, transhipment, use, or possession for these purposes, of a product incorporat…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Geolocation

Article 230-43

Recordings of location data shall be destroyed, at the request of the public prosecutor or the public prosecutor's office, on expiry of the limitation period for prosecution. A record of the destructi…

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