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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Investment allowances

Article 411-11

…L. 312-2 of the same code, production companies holding an automatic cinema production acc…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Exemption authorisation for young people undergoing vocational training

Article R4153-41

…abour inspection supervisor by the employer or the manager of an establishment mentioned in article L. 4111-1 or the head of an establishment mentioned in articles R. 4153-38 and R. 4153-39, each inso…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 411-88

…article L. 115-6 du code du cinéma et de l'image animée or a publisher of on-demand audiovisual media servic…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Organisation of work

Article D1432-41

…° One representative of the communes ;5° Two representatives of associations approved under article L. 1114-1 and working in the health field;6° Two representatives of pensioners' and elderly people's…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Information system concerning jobseekers and employees

Article R5312-41

…ented by the Caisse Nationale d'Assurance Vieillesse des Travailleurs Salariés, mentioned inArticle L. 114-12-1 of the Social Security Code, to uniquely identify jobseekers and employees by certifying…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Remuneration.

Article D6152-417

…same establishment, within the framework of the territorial hospital groupings mentioned in article L. 6132-1, when the shared medical project mentioned in I of article R. 6132-3 is adopted; The terri…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Powers of the public prosecutor

Article 41-2

…measure; 17° Submit to a therapeutic injunction measure, according to the terms defined in articles L. 3413-1 to L. 3413-4 of the Public Health Code, where it appears that the person concerned is usin…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 7: Provisions governing the public company referred to in article L. 1611-3-2 known as Agence France Locale

Article D1611-41

1° For the application of Article L. 1611-3-2, local authorities, their groupings and local public establishments whose debt-reduction capacity, defined as the ratio between outstanding debt at the ba…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Vacancy of guardianship

Article 411-1

The guardianship judge and the public prosecutor exercise general supervision over guardianship within their jurisdiction.The guardians and other guardianship bodies are obliged to comply with their s…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III: Emancipation

Article 413-8

An emancipated minor may be a trader with the authorisation of the guardianship judge at the time of the emancipation decision and of the president of the judicial court if he makes this request after…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
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