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Showing 60016010 of 66810 articles for Art. Cass. 2ème civ. 2-7-2020 n°s 19-11.417 and 19-13.636

French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe II-7

…ERTIFICATE IN SPORTS EDUCATION (BREVET D'ÉTAT D'ÉDUCATEUR SPORTIF DU DEUXIÈME DEGRÉ) (art. A212-131 and A212-118)The aim of the diploma is to certify the acquisition of the following professional skil…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XX: National automated genetic fingerprint database

Article 706-56-1

…n convicted by a foreign criminal court of an offence of the same nature as those referred to in 1° and 2° of Article 706-55, where these convictions, pursuant to an international convention or agreem…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Offences against maritime cultural property

Article 706-111-1

For the investigation, prosecution, inquiry and, in the case of misdemeanours, the judgment of offences relating to damage to maritime cultural property provided for in Section 2 of Chapter IV of Titl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Regional development plan

Article L4433-7-1

The regional development plan, for the implementation of its guidelines on the protection and restoration of biodiversity, includes the following developments in particular: 1° It presents the ecologi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: Moral rights

Article L121-7-1

…ed, is exercised in compliance with the rules to which he is subject in his capacity as an employee and with those governing the organisation, operation and activity of the public person employing him…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Conditions specific to the modality: "systemic drug treatments for cancer".

Article D6124-134-7

The authorised establishment must : 1° Comply with the medication circuit and take into account the criteria in the certification manual for healthcare establishments; 2° Formalise the steps involved…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Exceptional registration due to difficulties in exhibiting and manufacturing cinematographic works as a result of the health crisis

Article 919-20

…tomatic account, delegated production companies shall send electronically, between 1 September 2021 and 31 December 2021, an application form drawn up by the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image an…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXI: Witness protection

Article 706-62-1

…of the public prosecutor or the parties, that this identity not be mentioned during public hearings and not appear in the orders, judgments or rulings of the investigating or trial court that are like…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Award conditions

Article R5424-71-1

For the application of the second sentence of 1° of Article L. 5424-27, the average monthly amount of income from the self-employed activity mentioned in 1° of Article R. 5424-70 is determined: 1° By…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3 : Conversion into a grant of part of the advances granted to finance the initial installation of digital projection equipment in cinemas

Article 916-24

…support the small exhibition sector, which has been particularly affected by the covid-19 epidemic and its economic and financial consequences, the part of the advances granted to operators of cinema…

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