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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Promotion.

Article R6152-22

At the end of the three years of service completed in application of the rider mentioned in article R. 6152-5-1, practitioners benefit from a seniority gain of two years pronounced by the Director Gen…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Emergency evacuation of victims by approved civil protection associations

Article R6312-46

The crews of approved civil security associations are made up of at least two people belonging to the categories of personnel mentioned in article R. 6312-45, at least one of whom belongs to the categ…

AI translation · Updated 30 Oct 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation to operate as a mobile business

Article R212-3

The authorisation to operate a cinema in the form of a touring activity is granted on the basis of the geographical complementarity of the cinematographic offer presented by the application with regar…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Programming commitments subject to approval

Article R212-35

Silence kept by the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée for more than three months from receipt of the application for approval containing the programming commitments menti…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter II: Disputes

Article R512-1

If the conditions set out in articles…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Reinsurance.

Article R322-83

Any reinsurance treaty by which a company governed by this section cedes to one or more undertakings its risks in a proportion exceeding 90% of the total premiums relating to the reinsured risks must…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Investment rules

Article R214-28

I. - A UCITS with a formula is a UCITS which meets the following two conditions:1° It is managed passively and its management objective is to reach, at the end of a given period, an amount determined…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organs, tissues and cells removed for therapeutic purposes for others.

Article R1211-15

When elements of the human body used on French territory are imported from a State in which one or more of the medical biology analyses mentioned in article R. 1211-14 are not performed, they are acco…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Materials in contact with water

Article R1321-49

I.-The person responsible for the production, distribution or conditioning of water uses, in new installations or parts of installations undergoing renovation, from the point of withdrawal from the re…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Organisation and tasks of the network of chambers of commerce and industry.

Article R711-58

Within six weeks of the expiry of the deadline for the installation of the regional chambers following the five-yearly renewal, the current president of the assembly convenes an initial constituent as…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
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