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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Medical committee.

Article D6431-18

The Health Agency's Medical Committee comprises : 1° All the heads of the Agency's medical, pharmaceutical and odontological units ; 2° A midwife appointed for a two-year term by all the midwives work…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Provisions relating to aid for the creation and distribution of short cinematographic and audiovisual works

Article 918-9

For the calculation in 2021 and 2022 of direct allocations to theatrical screenings of short-lived cinematographic and audiovisual works, the threshold condition of 1,500 admissions set out in article…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Provisions applicable where the employer is established in another Member State of the European Community or the European Economic Area

Article L3253-18-8

When the foreign liquidator or any person exercising a function similar to that of the mandataire judiciaire, the administrateur judiciaire or the liquidator has ceased his functions or in the case me…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Filing formalities

Article R512-18-1

A decision is taken on the application for registration referred to in Articles R. 512-15 and R. 512-17 within six months of its submission. This period is interrupted, where applicable, by the notifi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Breach of contract.

Article L6222-18-2

If the apprenticeship contract is terminated in application of article L. 6222-18, the training centre in which the apprentice is registered takes the necessary steps to enable him to follow his theor…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: European investment service providers

Article L532-18-2

The provisions of Articles L. 533-1, L. 533-6, L. 533-9, L. 533-11 to L. 533-20, the first paragraph of Article L. 533-23, 2° and 4° of Article L. 533-24, 1° and 2° of Article L. 533-24-1, Articles L.…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3a: Emergency care procedures within the remit of the fire service

Article R6311-18-2

Only fire fighters who have completed training under the conditions defined by an order of the Minister for Health and the Minister for the Interior are authorised to perform the procedures mentioned…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Provisions applicable where the employer is established in another Member State of the European Community or the European Economic Area

Article L3253-18-7

Articles L. 3253-7, L. 3253-10 to L. 3253-13 and L. 3253-17 are applicable to the procedures defined in articles L. 3253-18-1 and L. 3253-18-2. The judgments referred to in article L. 3253-12 include…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: The issue and purchase on the stock market of shares reserved for employees.

Article L225-187-1

…225-194 and article L. 225-197 remain applicable as they stood prior to the publication of the loi n° 2001-152 du 19 février 2001 sur l'épargne salariale jusqu'à l'expiration d'un délai de cinq ans à…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Urban solidarity and social cohesion grant.

Article L2334-18-4

The increase in the allocation, after distribution of the allocations calculated in application of articles L. 2334-16 to L. 2334-18-3, is divided between the two demographic categories in proportion…

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