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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4: Production support

Article 422-22

…311-3 and 311-4 ; 3° To the production of immersive works, as provided for in Article…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Implementing provisions

Article R4313-12

…ity for machinery; 2° The model of the declaration of conformity for personal protective equipment; 3° The content of the declaration of incorporation for partly completed machinery; 4° The location a…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Organisation of the National Institute of Industrial Property

Article R411-3

…e; 2° The director of civil affairs and the seal at the ministry of justice or his representative ; 3° The Director of the Budget at the Ministry of the Economy and Finance or his representative; 4° T…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
B: Authorisation of national police judicial police officers

Article R15-3

The national police officers referred to in 3° of Article 16 may only be authorised to effectively exercise the powers attached to their status as judicial police officers when they are assigned to a…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Procedure before the liberty and custody judge

Article R3211-34

…asures to which the patient has been subjected and any other element likely to enlighten the judge; 3° If the patient asks to be heard by the judge, a doctor's opinion relating to the possible existen…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Disciplinary powers, relations with statutory auditors and cooperation

Article R782-8

I. - Are applicable in New Caledonia, subject to the adaptations mentioned in II, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in the wording indicated in the r…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Disciplinary powers, relations with statutory auditors and cooperation

Article R783-8

I. - The provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, subject to the adaptations mentioned in II, in the wording indicated in the ri…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 9: Special conditions for the "burnt" label

Article D6124-177-50

…isciplinary team includes: 1° At least one physiotherapist; 2° At least one occupational therapist; 3° At least one speech therapist; 4° At least one dietician; 5° At least one psychologist; 6° At lea…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Flat-rate grant.

Article R2334-3

…he population is greater than 500 and less than 200,000, a = 1 + 0.38431089 x log (population/500); 3° If the population is equal to or greater than 200,000, a = 2. The population taken into account i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating rules

Article L621-5

…e Board may delegate powers to a specialised commission in accordance with III of Article L. 621-2; 3° The Chairman of the Autorité des marchés financiers may delegate his signature in matters where h…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
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