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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Cross-disciplinary provisions on quality in cancer care

Article D6124-131-3

In application of article R. 6123-91-10, the authorisation holder must keep a written record of the assessment of patients' needs for supportive oncology care and, where appropriate, of the support or…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Commissions responsible for applications for authorisation to practise by doctors with hospital and university qualifications

Article D4111-13-3

A commission for authorisation to practise, reporting to the Minister for Health, assesses the competence in the speciality of applicants for authorisation to practise the medicine referred to in arti…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Effects of full adoption

Article 370-1-5

The adopter and the other member of the couple choose, by joint declaration, the surname to be given to the child: either the surname of one of them, or their two surnames together in the order chosen…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Effects of full adoption

Article 370-1-4

The full adoption of the child of a spouse, partner bound by a civil solidarity pact or cohabitee leaves the child's original filiation with regard to that person and his or her family intact. For the…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Additional compensation measures

Article 916-31

To obtain the aid, cinema operators must complete and submit electronically, by 31 October 2021 at the latest, a form drawn up by the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Additional compensation measures

Article 916-32

The decision of the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée specifies the amount of aid awarded and the terms of payment.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Additional compensation measures

Article 916-33

The granting of the exceptional aid is subject to the provisions of exempted framework scheme No SA.42681, relating to aid for culture and heritage conservation for the period 2014-2023, adopted on th…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Additional compensation measures

Article 916-30

The amount of aid may not exceed that of the actual loss of turnover recorded over the period between 1 January and 31 March 2021 in relation to the average turnover achieved between 1 January and 31…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Provisions adapting Book I.

Article L921-3-1

For the application in Mayotte of article L. 123-37, farm managers subject to the criterion of the third paragraph of the same article and engaged in marine farming activities are identified separatel…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: The Interministerial Commission for the Recognition of the State of Natural Disaster

Article D125-3-1

This committee comprises: 1° The Director of the Budget or his representative; 2° The Director General for Overseas France or his representative, if the application has been submitted by a municipalit…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
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