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Showing 901910 of 34828 articles for Art. CE 25-3-2019 n° 422943

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

Article 312-39

…t development aid, production companies must meet the following conditions:1° Be established in France;2° Have chairmen, directors or managers who are French nationals or equivalent;3° Not be controll…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Educational assistance

Article 375-3

…o another member of the family or a trustworthy third party;3° To a departmental child welfare service;4° To a service or establishment authorised to receive minors on a daily basis or according to an…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Provisions specific to 1°: "resuscitation and paediatric intensive care", 2°: "resuscitation and paediatric intensive care" and 3°: "derogatory multi-purpose paediatric intensive care".

Article D6124-33-3

…nurse for every four open beds;3° A masseur-physiotherapist seven days a week, with proven experience in paediatric critical care;4° A psychologist;5° Where necessary, a speech therapist, a psychomot…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIV: Recourse for compensation available to certain victims of damage resulting from an offence

Article 706-3

Any person, including any public official or any member of the armed forces, who has suffered loss as a result of intentional or unintentional acts which have the material nature of an offence may obt…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter V: National platform to combat the manipulation of sporting events

Article L335-3

…ided for in ̀ article 21 of law no. 2010-476 of 12 May 2010 relating to the opening a ̀ la concurrence et a ̀ la régulation du secteur des jeux d'argent et de hasard en ligne or by the company holding…

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

Article 311-3

…audiovisual works, production companies must meet the following conditions:1° Be established in France;2° Have chairmen, directors or managers as well as the majority of directors who are French natio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Chairman of the hospital medical committee, vice-chairman of the hospital board

Article D6143-37-3

The time devoted to the duties of Chairman of the Institutional Medical Committee and Vice-Chairman of the Executive Board is included in the working hours of the practitioners concerned. A functional…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval.

Article R511-3-3

…Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall draw up a list of the information it deems necessary to carry out the assessment provided for in Article R. 511-3-2 and which must be communicate…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Use for professional retraining projects

Article D4163-30-3

…over the costs of a professional retraining project are dealt with in the order in which they are received. The regional cross-industry joint committee will examine the employee's file. It will ensure…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Intercountry adoption, conflicts of law and the effect in France of adoptions granted abroad

Article 370-3

…ich the adoption application is lodged or, failing that, to the law of their common habitual residence on the day on which the adoption application is lodged or, failing that, to the law of the court…

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