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Showing 46014610 of 64955 articles for Art. L 141-14 · Cass. com. 21 January 1974 · Cass. com. 20 October 1980 · Cass. com. 8 April 1976 · Cass. com. 8 June 2017 n° 16-11.441 · CA Versailles 3 December 2009 · Cass. com. 6 May 2002 · Cass. com. 24 February 1981 · Cass. com. 16 January 1996

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

Article 212-33

Script rewriting grants may also be awarded to the authors' collaborators, who are responsible for helping with the rewriting process.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Assessment of the project implementation method

Article R2212-8

The procedures for organising and operating the expert body referred to in Article R. 2212-7 are set out in Decree no. 2016-522 of 27 April 2016 on the infrastructure financing support mission.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Unified group nursing, rehabilitation and medico-technical care committee

Article D6132-13-8

I.-The grouping's unified nursing, re-education and medico-technical care commission is consulted on :1° The grouping's shared care project ;2° The nursing, re-education and medico-technical care proj…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
General provisions

Article 803-1

I. - Where, by virtue of the provisions of the present code, notification to a lawyer is to be made by registered letter or by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, notification may also…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Certification and publication of the accounts of trade unions and professional employers' organisations

Article D2135-8

The professional trade unions of employees or employers and their associations, and the associations of employees or employers mentioned in article L. 2135-1 whose resources within the meaning of arti…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Other narcotic substances and preparations

Article R5132-81

The persons mentioned from 1° to 5° of the I of article R. 5132-76 may only acquire narcotic substances and preparations classified as narcotics in an establishment holding the authorisation provided…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: New horizontal aid to compensate for reduced activity

Article 919-88

In order to obtain the aid, cinema operators must complete and submit electronically, by 30 April 2022 at the latest, a form drawn up by the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Derogations in undertakings without a trade union delegate. - Provisions relating to the approval by employees of agreements negotiated by mandated employees

Article D2232-8

The consultation provided for in articles L. 2232-23-1, L. 2232-24 and L. 2232-26 is organised within two months of the conclusion of the agreement. The employer shall first consult the mandated elect…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Ethics

Article R261-8

The members of the Commission de protection de l'accès aux œuvres are subject to an obligation of impartiality. On taking up their duties, the members of the Commission shall inform the Chairman of: 1…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Employer representation at professional branch level

Article R2152-8

I.-For the purposes of measuring the audience of a professional employers' organisation as provided for in 3° of Article L. 2152-1, the companies covered by the professional branch in question and whi…

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