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Showing 23212330 of 70024 articles for Art. D 321-3 and L 321-1 and D 321-6

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: State diploma

Article D4151-1

The State diploma in midwifery, a national higher education diploma in accordance with the tenth paragraph (9°) of article D. 613-7 of the Education Code, is governed by articles D. 635-1 to D. 635-7…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Nomination, election and status of members.

Article D2362-10

Where only certain legal entities or natural persons, subsidiaries and establishments have a representative or an elected member, the members of the special negotiating body are : 1° Either designated…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Identification and lists of members of the medical professions.

Article D4113-121-1

Professionals who have obtained authorisation to practise part of the profession concerned appear on a separate list containing the professional title under which they are authorised to practise and t…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Election of employee representatives

Article D112-21-1

Electronic Internet voting may be used for the election of staff representatives to the Board of Directors, by decision of the Chairman of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, in accord…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions relating to the creation process

Article D331-25-1

For the "Contextualisation of violence" group, points for each of the sequences in the game are awarded as follows: 1° The violence is disproportionate and gratuitous: 1 point; 2° The violence is crud…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions relating to the creation process

Article D331-5-1

For works belonging to the genre of audiovisual adaptation of shows, the points in the scale are divided between five groups, under the following conditions: I.-A maximum number of 31 points is alloca…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 10: Compulsory release

Article D147-19

Compulsory release does not apply to persons undergoing sentence adjustment while in prison, except where they benefit from outside placement under the supervision of prison staff under the conditions…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Periods of work experience.

Article D5132-26-3

The cumulative duration of all the periods of work experience carried out during the contract concluded in application of article L. 5132-11-1 may not represent more than 25% of the total duration of…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Police.

Article D2573-19

Article D. 2215-1 is applicable in French Polynesia subject to the following adaptation: after the words: "of Book I of the Internal Security Code", the words: "in the version applicable in French Pol…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Mayotte Regional Health Agency

Article D1446-10

For the application of article D. 1432-30 in Mayotte, the reference to article D. 1432-28 is replaced by the reference to article D. 1446-8 and the words: "but may be a member of one or more of the sp…

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