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

Article 312-5

The authors must have proven artistic experience or training. If there is more than one author, at least one of them must provide proof of this artistic experience or training.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Rules specific to contracts with a particular purpose

Article D224-37

The trader shall keep, where appropriate in dematerialised form, a duplicate copy of the documents communicated to the consumer for a period of two years.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Additional examinations

Article R4624-38

In the event of disagreement between the employer and the company doctor over the nature and frequency of these examinations, the decision is taken by the company doctor.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Holders of the State diploma in psychiatric nursing.

Article D4311-33

The committee's decisions are taken by a majority of the votes cast. In the event of a tie, the Chairman has the casting vote.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transmission of information by other persons

Article R222-35

The associations and companies affiliated to the Federation or to the professional league that it has set up, as well as the Federation's licence-holders, shall provide the Sports Agents Delegate with…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General principles

Article L1333-3

Decisions to take action in order to: : 1° Prevent or reduce the risk of exposure in a radiological emergency; 2° Protect people from a risk resulting from radioactive contamination of the environment…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Special Negotiating Body.

Article L2342-3

The employer initiates the procedure for setting up the special negotiating body when the workforce referred to in article L. 2341-1 is reached on average over the previous two years. The number of em…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 7: Administrative provisions

Article R4462-34

The employer shall draw up a safety file and keep it constantly up to date, adding to it on the basis of lessons learned from pyrotechnic events and any observations or information that may be relevan…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L561-36

I. - Supervision of compliance by the persons referred to in Article L. 561-2 with the obligations laid down in Chapters I and II of this Title, with directly applicable European provisions relating t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: National protocols

Article L4011-3

I.-A national committee for inter-professional cooperation is responsible for the strategy, promotion and deployment of inter-professional cooperation. It proposes a list of national protocols to be d…

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