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

Article 222-26

…he date of theatrical release of the work concerned, after deduction of a lump sum corresponding to 25% of these receipts, exceed the amount of the final distribution expenses.No direct allocation may…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: The European Economic Interest Grouping.

Article L252-9

The nullity of the European Economic Interest Grouping and of its acts or deliberations may result only from the infringement of the mandatory provisions of Regulation No 2137-85 of 25 July 1985 of th…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section V: International wrongful removal of children

Article 1210-10

…1210-8and 1210-9 must be communicated to the French central authority under the Hague Convention of 25 October 1980 when the latter so requests. Unless expressly refused by the public prosecutor, a co…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Certification and swearing-in

Article R15-33-28

…lication for renewal of authorisation in accordance with the procedure set out in articles R. 15-33-25 to R. 15-33-27-1. This request must be accompanied by the order referred to in article R. 15-33-2…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Apprenticeship programme authorisation procedure

Article R1161-18

The authorisation is issued for a period of three years and may be renewed for an identical period on application by the authorisation holder to the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurit…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter II: Feasibility assistance

Article 632-4

…asibility aid is granted to help cover the expenses mentioned in 3 (a, b, d and e) and 4 of Article 25 of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 referred to in Article 631-2.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Changes of a particular nature

Article 687

…ce with Article 707 of the Code of Civil Procedure are subject to a fixed land registration tax of €25 when they are not required to be published at the same time as deeds subject to proportional taxa…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Informing the person entered in the file

Article R50-40

In the case of registration in the file provided for in 5° of article 706-25-4, informing the person and handing over the document provided for in article R. 50-38 are made by the examining magistrate…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Informing the driver of the rate scale for immediate payment of the parking charge and the amount of the post-parking charge

Article R2333-120-2

In compliance with the rules set out in the first paragraph of article R. 411-25 of the Highway Code, on-street spaces subject to payment of parking charges are signposted horizontally or vertically o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Donation and use of organs, tissues or cells for therapeutic purposes

Article R1522-1

…is applicable to Wallis and Futuna, with the exception of Articles R. 1211-1 to R. 1211-11, R. 1211-25 to R. 1211-28-1 and R. 1211-48.

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