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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Performance of duties

Article R6152-708-1

Practitioners recruited on the basis of 3° of article L. 6152-1 working full time may carry out the expert assessments mentioned in II of article L. 6152-4 during their service obligations up to a lim…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Single section: Fines for transport companies that fail to comply with entry regulations

Article R*821-1

The administrative authority competent to impose a fine for disembarking a foreign national without the required documents, as provided for in article L. 821-6, is the minister responsible for immigra…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Permanence of care in general medicine

Article R6315-6-1

For the application of the fifth paragraph of article R. 6315-6, army doctors receive lump-sum remuneration directly and remuneration for acts performed as part of their on-call duty is paid into the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Second-hand work equipment and personal protective equipment

Article R4313-14

When second-hand work equipment is sold, hired out, transferred or made available on any basis whatsoever with a view to its use, and when second-hand personal protective equipment referred to in Sect…

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

Article 321-10

Grants for writing projects for immersive works are only awarded for projects written entirely or mainly in French or in a regional language used in France.

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

Article 321-11

Grants for writing projects for immersive works are awarded on the basis of the following criteria:1° The quality of the writing and the visual proposal;2° The suitability of the project for the targe…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article 212-18

Projects for original French-language works or, if at least two different languages are used, for works in which French or a regional language used in France is the most widely used language, are elig…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article 212-17

The beneficiaries of selective financial aid are authors or production companies.To be eligible for aid, authors must be French nationals or equivalent.To be eligible for aid, production companies mus…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 412-1

The award of financial aid for theatrical programming of short-lived cinematographic and audiovisual works is subject to the provisions of exempted aid scheme No SA.42681, relating to aid for culture…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 621-1

Automatic and selective financial aid is awarded to support the production of cinematographic or audiovisual works that make significant use of digital visual effects.

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