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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 211-116

The granting of aid is the subject of two decisions:1° A provisional decision accepting the principle of granting aid. In order to obtain this decision, the application must be submitted by the delega…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 4: Training

Article R413-11

At the end of the prescribed training courses or at the end of the first year of language training, where this lasts for more than one year, the French Office for Immigration and Integration will give…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Layout of installations and workstations

Article R4462-11

Each pyrotechnic enclosure is marked by a fence or, failing that, by a system of signs clearly visible to anyone entering at any point. Access to these enclosures is forbidden to any person not involv…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title II: Property.

Article 1281-11

The remuneration of the person in charge of the distribution shall be deducted from the funds to be distributed and borne by the creditors, in proportion to the sum due to each of them.In the event of…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Scope of application

Article R1333-118

The nuclear activities defined in Article R. 1333-104 which are not covered by the provisions of Article R. 1333-106 or subsections 2 and 3 of this section are subject to authorisation.

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Toilet cubicles

Article R4228-11

Toilets must not communicate directly with enclosed rooms in which workers are required to stay. They are arranged in such a way as to be odourless. They are equipped with a toilet flush and toilet pa…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES

Article R141-11

When they are initially registered on the list or re-registered after being struck off, interpreter-translators registered pursuant to articles R. 141-3 and R. 141-4 take an oath before the judicial c…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Controlling epidemics and certain communicable diseases

Article R3821-11

A point of entry to the Territory is created in Wallis and Futuna when: 1° Annual airport traffic exceeds a number of passengers from an international journey defined by order of the Ministers for the…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Formal notice to reduce the interval between periodic inspections.

Article R4721-11

The Labour Inspectorate inspector may give the employer formal notice to reduce the interval between inspections of work equipment or categories of work equipment as provided for in the orders referre…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Rules common to all types of practice

Article R4321-116

The masseur-physiotherapist protects from any indiscretion the professional documents concerning the persons he treats or has treated, examined or cared for, whatever the content and medium of these d…

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