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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Steering Committee

Article R1418-22

The duties of members of the Steering Committee, the Medical and Scientific Committee and the groups of experts are performed free of charge. Where their attendance at meetings results in a loss of in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Procedure for pre-marketing AIFs in France or in an EU Member State other than France (article L. 214-24-2-1)

Article L214-24-2-1

Any French portfolio management company may pre-market units or shares of a European Union AIF to professional clients in France or in another Member State of the European Union under conditions laid…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Appendices

Article Annexe I à l'article R4312-1

Technical rules on health and safety applicable to new machines or machines considered as new mentioned in article R. 4312-1 of the Labour Code General principles. 1° The manufacturer of a machine mus…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Appendices

Article Annexe II à l'article R4312-6

DEFINING THE TECHNICAL DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING RULES PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE R. 4312-6 1. General rules applicable to all personal protective equipment 1.0. General and scope of application These gen…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes II

Article Annexe II-5 (art. A212-115)

BONUS POINTS AWARDED TO CANDIDATES FOR THE COMMON PART OF THE BREVET D'ÉTAT D'ÉDUCATEUR SPORTIF DU PREMIER DEGRÉ (STATE CERTIFICATE FOR FIRST-DEGREE SPORTS INSTRUCTORS) Bonus points corresponding to t…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Residence grants

Article 411-39

In order to obtain a final decision on the award of a residency grant, the writer-director must submit, within eighteen months of the provisional decision, a letter of agreement for a residency, setti…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Residence grants

Article 411-38

The amount of aid is determined following the opinion of the costing committee mentioned in article…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Residence grants

Article 411-37

The granting of aid is the subject of two decisions:1° A provisional decision accepting the principle of granting aid;2° A definitive decision to grant aid once the amount of aid has been determined.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Residence grants

Article 411-36

Selective financial aid is awarded jointly to writer-directors and creative residencies, in the form of a residency grant, for the rewriting of the script of a short film, when it is the writer-direct…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Custodian

Article L214-10-3

I. - Assets held by the custodian shall not be re-used by the custodian, or by any third party to whom the custodian's custodial function has been delegated, for their own account.A re-use is any oper…

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