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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Procedure for consulting employee representatives specific to collective redundancies.

Article L1233-8

An employer who intends to make collective redundancies for economic reasons of less than ten employees within the same thirty-day period shall convene and consult the Social and Economic Committee in…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions for exchanging and sharing information between professionals

Article D1110-3-4

The cooperation, shared practice or health or medico-social coordination structures referred to in 1° of Article L. 1110-12 are as follows:1° Regional hospital groupings ;2° Inter-hospital medical fed…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 4: Incompatibilities.

Article L812-8

The status of judicial representative registered on the list is incompatible with the exercise of any other profession. It is, moreover, incompatible with: 1° All activities of a commercial nature, wh…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4251-8

The following shall be determined by decree of the Conseil d'Etat: 1° Where necessary, the terms and conditions of practice and professional rules; 2° The composition and operation of the commission r…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Role of sports federations

Article L231-8

When an athlete sanctioned in application of articles L. 232-21-1 to L. 232-23-3-12 requests the return, renewal or issue of a sports licence, the competent federation shall make this return, renewal…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Projects subject to authorisation

Article L212-8-1

Cinematographic development projects are only submitted to the departmental cinematographic development commission for review if they are accompanied by an indication of the person who will hold the o…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Appeal against the decision of the commission départementale d'aménagement cinématographique (Departmental Cinematographic Development Commission)

Article L212-10-8

If an application for authorisation is rejected on substantive grounds by the Commission nationale d'aménagement cinématographique, no new application may be submitted by the same applicant, for the s…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2 : Commission nationale d'aménagement cinématographique (National Cinematographic Development Commission)

Article L212-6-8

The conditions for appointing the members of the Commission nationale d'aménagement cinématographique and its chairman, as well as the procedures for its operation, are set by decree in the Conseil d'…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4a: The Chamber of Territories

Article D4422-30-4

I.-The election of the representatives mentioned in article D. 4422-30-2 takes place within three months of the general renewal of the municipal councils and the deliberative assemblies of the agglome…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
section 2: Contracts concluded between a performer and a videogram producer

Article L212-8

The stipulations of the conventions or agreements mentioned in the preceding articles may be made binding within each sector of activity for all those concerned by order of the competent minister.

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