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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General conditions

Article 211-6

Long-length cinematographic works eligible for financial support for production and preparation are works intended for initial screening in cinemas.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General conditions

Article 211-7

Long-length cinematographic works are made: 1° With the assistance of film studios and laboratories established in France, on the territory of another Member State of the European Union or, when they…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Supervision on a consolidated basis by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution and college of supervisors

Article R613-2

Before inviting a supervisory authority from a third country to participate in one of the colleges of supervisors mentioned in Article L. 613-20-2, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for taking up the activity of financial investment adviser

Article L541-2

Financial investment advisers who are natural persons, as well as natural persons with the power to manage or administer legal persons authorised as financial investment advisers, must meet the age an…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Support for advice and training.

Article L5522-21

…élemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, for the application of article L. 5141-1 relating to the creation or takeover of a business, the State may participate in the financing of business ma…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Appointment of the committee

Article R1124-2

After submission of the application for clinical trial assessment defined in Article 5(1) of Regulation (EU) No 536/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2004, a Data Protecti…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Provisions applicable to communes in the departments of Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique and Réunion

Article R2563-2

…rtements d'outre-mer prévue à l'article L. 2563-2 is distributed among these communes in proportion to the population of each commune.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Shareholdings in companies

Article R4253-2

The provisions of articles R. 1511-36 to R. 1511-39 are applicable to the regions.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Holders of the state diploma

Article D4321-21

…by order of the ministers responsible for health and higher education. The procedures for promotion to the next year are laid down by order of the ministers responsible for health and higher education…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Holders of the state diploma

Article D4321-23

The physiotherapy training institutes authorised to provide education leading to the State diploma are responsible for implementing the admission procedures under the supervision of the general direct…

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