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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Revitalisation by companies not subject to the obligation to offer redeployment leave

Article D1233-48

No later than three years after the notification of redundancies provided for in Article L. 1233-46, the Prefect(s) shall convene a meeting of the Monitoring Committee under the conditions and in acco…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VIII: Health of prisoners

Article D360

In accordance with the provisions of articles R. 322-5 and D. 215-13 of the French Prison Code, the transfer to a more appropriate prison of remand prisoners who do not benefit, in the prison where th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Technical operating conditions.

Article D6322-47

When the cosmetic surgery facilities are located in a health establishment : 1° The obligations laid down in articles D. 6322-40, D. 6322-41 except for the second paragraph, D. 6322-42 and D. 6322-46…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Estimated revenue and expenditure and accounts

Article D6162-12

For the application of articles R. 6145-39, R. 6145-46 and R. 6145-49 to cancer centres, the powers of the Supervisory Board are exercised by the Board of Directors.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Martinique Regional Health Agency

Article D1445-3

For their application in Martinique: 1° Le 3° de l'article D. 1432-28 et le 8° des articles D. 1432-37, D. 1432-39 et D. 1432-41 ne sont pas applicables; 2° Le dernier alinéa de l'article D. 1432-29 n…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Financial and budgetary organisation.

Article D6431-40

The budget is the instrument by which the annual revenue and expenditure required to carry out the tasks defined in article L. 6431-4 are forecast and authorised. The revenue estimates and expenditure…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Election of employee representatives

Article D112-11

The election of staff representatives takes place no more than four months and no less than one month before the expiry of the term of office of the current members.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Election of employee representatives

Article D112-15

Staff who meet the conditions required to be eligible to vote may stand for election, with the exception of permanent or non-permanent staff who do not have one year's seniority with the Centre nation…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Election of employee representatives

Article D112-20

The president of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée organises the counting of votes. The polling stations are chaired by the Chairman of the Centre National du Cinéma et de l'Image Ani…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Long- and short-length cinematographic works

Article D210-1

A feature-length film is one that is shown in cinemas for more than one hour.A 70mm film with at least eight perforations per image is considered to be a feature-length film if it is shown for more th…

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