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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Approval of investments

Article 211-47

The investment approval decision, taking into account the information provided by the production companies, indicates:1° The provisional classification of the cinematographic work as an original Frenc…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for exercising the right to vote and stand for election and rules applicable to the conduct of the ballot for the election of members to the board of directors of the Ecole nationale des sports de montagne and to the advisory boards of the Ecole nationale de ski et d'alpinisme and the Centre national de ski nordique et de moyenne montagne

Article A211-54

The Director General of the Ecole nationale des sports de montagne is responsible for drawing up the electoral lists and organising all the operations relating to the election of the elected members o…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Procedure for recognition of statelessness

Article R582-2

The French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons may summon the applicant to a personal interview under the conditions laid down in article R. 531-17.The applicant will be heard…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Publicity and protection of the rights of third parties.

Article R229-8

Any dispute over the price offered shall be brought before the court in whose jurisdiction the registered office of the company is located, within the period mentioned in the third paragraph of articl…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 5: The central body of savings banks and banques populaires

Article R512-57

The credit institution or finance company concerned and the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution are notified of the decision by the central body of the caisses d'épargne et des banques po…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIII: Procedure applicable to economic and financial offences

Article D47-3

By application of the provisions of article 704, paragraph 1, of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the judicial courts designated in the table below have jurisdiction to hear, in the districts defined i…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rules applicable to authorised establishments and organisations

Article R4211-49

Advanced therapy medicinal products prepared on an ad hoc basis are distributed, under the responsibility of the person in charge referred to in article R. 4211-37 or, where applicable, the person in…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Work permit categories and authorised professional activities

Article R5221-6

Subject to the provisions of article R. 5221-22, employment contracts concluded as part of schemes to promote employment provided for in Book I of Part Five or as part of lifelong vocational training…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
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 L1125-6

Clinical investigations in the field of dentistry may only be carried out under the direction and supervision of a dental surgeon or a doctor with appropriate experience. Clinical investigations in th…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4a: Compensation for victims of benfluorex

Article L1142-24-5

If it finds that there is a functional deficit attributable to benfluorex, the College of Experts will issue an opinion on the circumstances, causes, nature and extent of the damage and on the liabili…

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