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Showing 11611170 of 57258 articles for Art. Decree 2023-1056 of 17-11-2023

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 3: Pre-production aid

Article 322-17

The amount of aid for the pre-production of video games may not exceed 50% of the expenditure mentioned in article…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definitions and special conditions

Article R1125-17

The period for examining the application for authorisation is set at ninety days from the date of receipt of the complete dossier. This period may be extended by ninety days if the Director General of…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Qualifying conditions

Article A742-17

…nations are held in open session. They are marked from 0 to 20. Each mark is assigned a coefficient of 2.Admission is decided by the selection board on the basis of the average obtained by the candida…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Refusal to pay for a professional transition project

Article R6323-17

The interested party may request mediation from France Compétences in application ofarticle R. 6123-14 of the Labour Code. At the request of France Compétences, the regional cross-industry joint commi…

AI translation · Updated 1 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Essential health and safety requirements.

Article R5221-17

For the application of this section, orders issued by the Minister for Health, on a proposal from the Director General of the National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products, shall spe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Negotiation procedures.

Article L2232-17

The delegation from each of the representative organisations involved in negotiations in the company comprises the organisation's trade union delegate in the company or, where there is more than one d…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Rules for use and hygiene applicable to collective water misting systems

Article R1335-17

…that complies with the conditions defined in articles R. 1321-2 and R. 1321-3 throughout the period of use of the collective misting system.III. - It is forbidden to add any substance, mixture of subs…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Performance by the Institut d'émission d'outre-mer of its tasks

Article R721-17

Decisions concerning the creation, characteristics, withdrawal or cancellation of banknotes and coins issued by the Institut d'émission d'outre-mer are taken by the Supervisory Board.The Institut d'ém…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Procedure before the liberty and custody judge

Article R3211-17

…ting that he has no objection to it being enforced. The measure to keep the patient at the disposal of the court is then immediately terminated, except in cases where the judge has deferred the effect…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Bills of exchange

Article L511-17

Acceptance is written on the bill of exchange. It is expressed by the word "accepted" or any other equivalent word and is signed by the drawee. The mere signature of the drawee affixed to the face of…

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