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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Measures to boost film production

Article 916-7

Notwithstanding the first, second and fourth paragraphs of article 212-14, for aid applications submitted between 1 January 2021 and 30 June 2021, the amount of the direct grant is equal to 50% of the…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 1: Board of Directors

Article R121-9

As part of the tasks set out in Article L. 121-3, the Board of Directors of the French Office for Immigration and Integration deliberates on:1° The general organisational and operational conditions of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Professional acts.

Article R4311-9

…n the product so requires, a compulsory identity and compatibility check carried out by the nurse ; 2° Injections of medicinal products for analgesic purposes into epidural and intrathecal catheters o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Financial and accounting rules

Article R5315-9

…applicable to industrial and commercial companies in terms of financial management and accounting; 2° State economic and financial control, in accordance with the conditions laid down by Decree no. 5…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Chiropodists.

Article L4322-10

…der the supervision of the national council, the general powers of the ordre listed in article L. 4322-7. It shall decide on entries on the roll. It authorises the President of the Association to inst…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Inspections and sampling

Article R241-10

Laboratories may be contracted by the French Anti-Doping Agency to analyse the substances and detect the processes mentioned in article L. 241-2.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Initial registrations

Article R521-10

Registrations take effect on the date on which they are duly completed.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Financial investment advisers

Article L775-25

…t-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 541-1 law no. 2019-486 of 22 May 2019 L. 541-2 Act no. 2010-1249 of 22 October 2010 L. 541-3 law no. 2003-706 of 1…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Principles of justification, optimisation and limitation

Article R1333-10

In order to implement the principle of optimisation defined in 2° of Article L. 1333-2, the person responsible for the nuclear activity or the competent authority may set dose constraints for the expo…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Contracts awarded without advertising or competitive tendering due to the nature of the purchaser

Article R2122-10

A contracting authority may award a contract without prior advertising or competitive tendering for the purchase of products manufactured solely for the purposes of research, experimentation, study or…

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