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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: Purpose and award conditions

Article 432-3

…r aid;2° Or have directed or produced a work that has won a prize at a festival on the list annexed to this book over the last five years.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Private equity funds.

Article R214-39

…1° May not hold more than 40% of the capital or voting rights of any single issuer. However, due to the exercise of exchange, subscription or conversion rights and in the interests of unitholders,…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: The bringing of a civil action and its effects

Article 420-2

The decision rendered on the claim for restitution of seized objects or for damages presented in accordance with the provisions of article 420-1 has all the effects of an adversarial decision; it is s…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: "Sports instructor" speciality

Article A212-47-3

…ed for in 1° of article D. 212-28. In accordance with the conditions laid down by the regional director of youth, sport and social cohesion or by the director of youth, sport and social cohesion, the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Appeals against the decision or opinion of the departmental committee.

Article R752-43-3

…ew application is submitted in accordance with the provisions of articles R. * 423-2 et seq. of the town planning code. The mayor forwards this request to the secretariat of the Commission nationale d…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Right to training

Article R7125-25-4

The councillor to the Assembly of French Guyana who has incurred travel and subsistence expenses to attend training as part of the individual right to training shall send the manager of the fund menti…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Right to training

Article R7227-25-4

The councillor to the Martinique Assembly and the executive councillor who have incurred travel and subsistence expenses to attend training as part of the individual right to training shall send the m…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article R6523-26-4

…ctivities of the Overseas Agency for Mobility and Adapted Military Service in the local authority; "4° Each year, a report on the activities of the Mayotte Departmental Council in terms of assistance…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Operating rules

Article D1411-45-3

…al Health Conference until its President is elected. The members of the standing committee referred to in article D. 1411-41 are elected by and from among the members of each of the colleges in accord…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Holders of a diploma from the Ecole des Techniques Thermales d'Aix-les-Bains.

Article D4321-33-4

…he nature of and procedures for organising and validating the tests listed inarticle D. 4321-33-3 ; 4° The model certificate referred to inarticle D. 4321-33-5.

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
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