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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Judicial remedies to guarantee the right to respect for dignity in detention

Article R249-24

…ists of judicial experts or who has taken an oath in accordance with the article 160 ; 3° Request a bailiff to carry out any useful observations, photographs, filming and sound recordings within the p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Judicial remedies to guarantee the right to respect for dignity in detention

Article R249-21

…he application sent to him in accordance with article R. 249-20, the judge shall rule on its admissibility by means of a reasoned order in accordance with the second and third paragraphs of I of artic…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Judicial remedies to guarantee the right to respect for dignity in detention

Article R249-22

If the judge dismisses the application as inadmissible, the order is notified without delay to the applicant via the head of the prison. It is also notified without delay, if necessary by electronic m…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Judicial remedies to guarantee the right to respect for dignity in detention

Article R249-23

If the judge deems the application to be admissible, he or she will immediately communicate the admissibility order, by electronic means if necessary, to the head of the prison, asking him or her to f…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Common provisions

Article 103

Subject to the provisions of Article 218 bis, the taxable profits of the partners in name, the general partners and the members of the companies referred to in articles 8 and 8 ter, shall be determine…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Provisions relating to the allocation of investment allowances

Article 911-2

Until the date of cessation of the state of health emergency declared by article 1 of decree no. 2020-1257 of 14 October 2020 declaring a state of health emergency and extended until 16 February 2021…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Provisions relating to the allocation of investment allowances

Article 911-1

Until the date of cessation of the state of health emergency declared by article 4 of emergency law no. 2020-290 of 23 March 2020 to deal with the covid-19 epidemic, the sums held in the automatic acc…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions relating to the eligibility of feature films

Article 912-1

By way of derogation from article 211-6, works initially intended for initial screening in cinemas and which, due to the ban on admission to cinemas, are subject, until the end of the state of health…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions relating to the eligibility of feature films

Article 912-2

In order to help limit the risk of cinemas becoming overcrowded when they reopen to the public due to the very large number of works whose exhibition has been prevented because of the measures banning…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter one: Payment of tax

Article 1724 quinquies

I. - If a monthly direct debit, provided for in article 1681 ter and in B of article 1681 quater A, is not made by the set deadline, the sum that should have been deducted shall be paid with the next…

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