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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Pre-implementation and post-implementation aid committees

Article 211-150

The agenda for the meetings and, for the reading committees referred to in 1° of I of Article…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Opposition

Article R613-44-1

…ecision of the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property. It shall include: 1° the identity of the opposing party; 2° The references of the patent against which the opposition…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Tasks

Article D211-53-1

The National Mountain Sports School is responsible for : 1° To develop teaching methods for skiing and mountain sports; 2° The training and further training of coaches and technical and supervisory st…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Advertising.

Article L5422-18

The following constitutes a breach subject to financial penalties:1° Any advertising of a medicinal product which has not obtained the authorisation referred to in articles L. 5121-8 and L. 5121-9-1 o…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Candidate Section

Article L1441-16

The membership of candidate employees to the sections is determined with regard to the field of application of the collective labour agreement to which they belong, according to the distribution table…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Rules common to leases of houses and rural property.

Article 1728

The lessee is bound by two main obligations:1° To use the thing leased reasonably, and according to the destination given to it by the lease, or according to that presumed from the circumstances, in t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Budgets and accounts

Article D5217-16

The summary data on the financial situation of the metropolis, provided for in 1° of the first paragraph of Article L. 5217-10-14, include the following ratios:1° Actual operating expenditure/populati…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Videoconferencing

Article D2315-2

…procedure referred to in Article D. 2315-1 is carried out in accordance with the following stages: 1° The initiation of deliberations is subject to verification that all members have access to techni…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definition and conditions for carrying out preimplantation diagnosis

Article R2131-26-1

…e couple or the unmarried woman. This interview must, in particular, enable them to be informed of: 1° The legislative and regulatory provisions relating to the pre-implantation diagnosis referred to…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Continuing training

Article D1442-10

Salaried industrial tribunal members paid solely on a commission basis, when they are entitled to the leave provided for in article D. 1442-7, are remunerated by each of their employers on the basis o…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
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