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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Performance of duties

Article R6152-708

The weekly service of practitioners recruited on the basis of 3° of article L. 6152-1 is set at ten half-days per week when they work full-time and between four and nine half-days per week when they w…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Competition, consumer affairs and fraud control officers

Article L511-7

Officers are empowered to investigate and record infringements or breaches of the provisions: 1° Regulation (EU) 2021/782 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2021 on rail passeng…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Modification, suspension, withdrawal and non-renewal of early access authorisation

Article R5121-72

I.-At the request of the holder of the exploitation rights, the Haute Autorité de santé may modify any early access authorisation mentioned in article L. 5121-12 or the therapeutic use and data collec…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Compensation for distribution costs

Article 917-7

The distribution expenses eligible for direct grants are those mentioned in 2° of article 222-9.These expenses, with the exception of those relating to the purchase of advertising space on television…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article R24-7

…ioned in article R. 24-6, the examining magistrate or the public prosecutor shall order the payment of the sums collected as security to the revenue agent under the conditions defined in articles R. 1…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Procedures for acceptance of the succession up to the amount of the net assets.

Article 789

The declaration is accompanied or followed by the inventory of the estate, which includes an item-by-item estimate of the assets and liabilities. The inventory is drawn up by a judicial auctioneer, ba…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 919-7

To obtain the aid, the author must submit the application form drawn up by the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée electronically by 30 June 2022 at the latest.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
General provisions

Article 717

The rights over effects thrown into the sea, over objects which the sea rejects, of whatever nature they may be, over plants and grasses which grow on the shores of the sea, are also regulated by part…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Ongoing evaluation of the criteria for granting early access authorisation and transmission of new data

Article R5121-71

In order to be able to continuously assess the criteria mentioned in I of Article L. 5121-12, the Haute Autorité de santé and, where applicable, the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des p…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 10: Age limit and extension of service

Article R6152-720

Practitioners recruited on the basis of 3° of article L. 6152-1 may benefit from an extension of their activity under the conditions and according to the procedures set out in articles R. 6152-424 to…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
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