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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 312-6

…levision service or made available to the public on an on-demand audiovisual media service over the last three years; 2° Writing or directing two cinematographic or audiovisual works of fiction, anima…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions for registration on the list of court-appointed administrators

Article A811-17

For the examination with an option in commercial matters, the oral tests comprise:1° A test lasting thirty minutes comprising a ten-minute presentation on a subject of economic and financial culture f…

AI translation · Updated 3 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Registration

Article A822-4

…ity tests comprise: 1° A written test, in the form of a practical case, on accounting and auditing, lasting five hours (coefficient 4); 2° A written test, comprising the study of a case or practical s…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Special provisions for certain public sector employees.

Article R5424-3

…e employer covered by this article who employed the person concerned for the longest period, if the last contract of employment or engagement bound the person concerned to such an employer. 5424-1 or…

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Common provisions

Article R618-3

…not count.Where a period is expressed in months or years, the period shall expire on the day of the last month or year that bears the same number as the day of the act, event, decision or notification…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Provisions specific to the Department of Mayotte.

Article L922-8

The last paragraph of Article L. 228-36 is deleted.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 148-4

After a period of four months has elapsed since the last appearance before the examining magistrate or the magistrate delegated by the examining magistrate, and as long as the settlement order has not…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Procedural safeguards

Article R1332-3

…y set for the interview. In the absence of an identical date, the period expires at midnight on the last day of the following month. If the last day of this period falls on a Saturday, Sunday or publi…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Appeal procedures

Article R3211-44

II of article R. 3211-33-1, the last paragraph of article R. 3211-36, the last paragraph of article R. 3211-39 as well as articles R. 3211-38, R. 3211-40 and R. 3211-41 are applicable on appeal. The o…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: How usufruct ends

Article 619

Usufruct, which is not granted to individuals, lasts for only thirty years.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
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