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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Conditions relating to completion

Article 311-14

…an international co-production, it must:1° Be financed by a French participation equal to at least 30% of its final cost, unless a special provision is made in an intergovernmental agreement;2° Have…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Foreign nationals doing a work placement in an establishment or undertaking of the group employing them

Article R421-51

…n for a temporary residence permit bearing the wording "ICT trainee" provided for in article L. 421-30 is notified to the applicant in writing as soon as possible and no later than ninety days from th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Committee members.

Article R4643-31

…and economic committee, the persons mentioned in the first and second paragraphs of article R. 4643-30 carry out technical investigations into the causes of accidents at work and occupational or work-…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Notaries' fees

Article A444-177

…t for the issue of a certificate of non-damageability provided for by the Alsace-Lorraine law of 19 June 1906 on the certificate of non-damageability gives rise to the collection of a fixed fee in acc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: National monitoring system for medically assisted procreation

Article R2142-43

…isted procreation. This report is sent to the Minister for Health and to the European Commission by 30 June of the year following the year under review at the latest.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Organisation of the agency

Article 706-163

The agency's resources comprise:1° Subsidies, advances and other contributions from the State and its public establishments, the European Union, local authorities, their groupings and their public est…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Staff.

Article R2324-41

I.-Without prejudice to the provisions of article R. 2324-40, the multi-disciplinary team referred to in article R. 2324-38 includes one or more state-qualified educators of young children, working in…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 6: Sociétés de participations financières de professions libérales d'administrateurs judiciaires ou de mandataires judiciaires (financial holding companies for the liberal professions of court-appointed administrators or agents)

Article R814-166

Each société de participations financières de professions libérales d'administrateurs judiciaires ou de mandataires judiciaires is subject, at least once every three years, to an audit covering compli…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Membership and termination of membership.

Article D4622-22

The reciprocal rights and obligations of the inter-company occupational health and prevention service and its members are set out in its articles of association or internal regulations. These statutes…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Specific provisions applicable to clinical investigations of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1125-27

…of the categories mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 5126-7 is punishable by a fine of 30,000 euros.

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