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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Conditions relating to the preservation of film heritage

Article 211-16

…Article…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Inspection of products before release for free circulation

Article L511-16

Officers are empowered to carry out controls:of animal feed and foodstuffs excluding products of animal origin originating in or coming from third countries;of materials and objects intended to come i…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 7: Investigation procedures in the event of an accident

Article A322-164

In addition to informing the Prefect of the département, the operator of the establishment must inform the Minister for Sport, within forty-eight hours, of any serious accident occurring in the establ…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Guarantee institutions against the risk of non-payment.

Article L3253-16

The guarantee institutions referred to in article L. 3253-14 are subrogated to the rights of employees for whom they have made advances: 1° For all claims, during a safeguard procedure ; 2° For claims…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Special regulations concerning certain assets of insurance undertakings.

Article R332-16

…d either in an account or on deposit with an authorised intermediary, or registered in the accounts of the issuing body, provided that the latter is located in a Member State of the European Union. De…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Compulsory licences in the interests of public health

Article R613-16

The Commission shall give its decision within two months of the date on which the decision referred to it is received by its secretariat.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Eligible training courses and use of the account

Article L6323-16

The training courses eligible for the personal training account are those mentioned in article L. 6323-6.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Practice of the profession by dental surgery students

Article D4393-16

The dental surgery student gives the employer of the dental assistant being replaced an authorisation issued by the departmental council of the dental surgeons' association of the department in which…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 6: Supervision of apprenticeship training leading to a diploma

Article R6261-16

Supervision of the training provided to apprentices in companies to which decree no. 98-247 of 2 April 1998 relating to craft qualifications and the trades and crafts sector applies is carried out by…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Use of automated external defibrillators by non-physicians

Article R6311-16

The Minister for Health organises an evaluation of the way in which automated external defibrillators are used by collecting data transmitted by emergency teams. This data relates, in particular, to t…

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