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Showing 121130 of 41680 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. 4-7-2012 n° 11-13.384

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

Article 411-72

Selective financial aid is awarded for the production of quality short-length audiovisual works in order to improve their financing conditions and encourage their exposure on television and on-demand…

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

Article 411-78

To be eligible for selective financial support, short-length audiovisual works must receive an initial contribution from one or more television or on-demand audiovisual media service publishers.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE XI: FINANCES OF THE TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF FRENCH GUYANA

Article D71-111-4

For budgets voted by nature, the budget article corresponds to the most detailed subdivision of the nomenclatures defined by the decree provided for in Article L. 71-111-4, supplemented, for operation…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIX: Procedure applicable to sexual offences and the protection of minors who are victims

Article 706-47

This Title shall apply to proceedings concerning the following offences: 1° Crimes of murder or assassination provided for in articles 221-1 to 221-4 of the Penal Code, when committed on a minor or wh…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Allocation of seats to employee trade unions

Article R23-112-4

In the event of a tie between two or more organisations after application of Article R. 23-112-3, the seat is awarded to the employee trade union organisation that received the most votes in the profe…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Trade union rights.

Article D6152-73-4

The representative trade union organisations designate the beneficiaries of the overall trade union time credit from among the staff employed by the public bodies mentioned in article 2 of the law of…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter XI: Collection of human faeces for therapeutic use

Article L513-11-4

Transplantation of faecal microbiota is carried out in the interests of the recipient and is subject to the principles of donor consent and anonymity of donation. The rules of anonymity of donation do…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Operating rules

Article D1411-45-11

The opinions, proposals, reports, studies and works adopted by the plenary assembly and, where applicable, by the standing committee, are sent by its chairman to the ministers responsible for health,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions.

Article D214-32-7-11

The additional information included in the annual report of the company concerned or of the AIF, in accordance with Article D. 214-32-7-10, includes a fair presentation of the development of the activ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Operation of the agency committee

Article R1432-115-4

Their term of office is identical to that of the elected members of the Agency and Working Conditions Committee. Their term of office may be renewed. When a member of the Health, Safety and Working Co…

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