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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Managing Director

Article R411-17

…partments; 3° Exercising authority over the agency's staff, hiring, appointing and dismissing them; 4° Drawing up the agency's programme and annual report; 5° Preparing the decisions of the Board of D…

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French Civil Aviation CodeIn force
Section 4: Common provisions.

Article L282-12

Official reports drawn up for infringements of the provisions of this chapter shall be forwarded without delay to the authority competent to initiate proceedings. Such reports shall be deemed authenti…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4: Common provisions

Article D214-11

…Article L. 214-7 is set at : 1° One year for screenings mentioned in 1°, 4° and 5° of &l…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Miscellaneous provisions

Article D331-63

The following statement, written in French or translated into the original language of the work, appears in the credits of approved cinematographic or audiovisual works: "This work has benefited from…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 4: Common provisions

Article L322-14

The payment of the price or its deposit and the payment of the costs of the sale shall, as of right, purge the property of any security interest published in respect of the debtor with effect from the…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 4: Higher bids

Article R322-50

Any person may make a higher bid of at least one tenth of the main sale price.

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 4: Higher bids

Article R322-52

…eizure recalls the provisions of article…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 4: Higher bids

Article R322-51

On pain of inadmissibility, the higher bid must be made by a lawyer and filed at the registry of the enforcement judge within ten days of the auction. It is equivalent to a request for a higher bid he…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 4: Higher bids

Article R322-53

The higher bid hearing is set by the enforcement judge for a date within a period of two to four months following the declaration of higher bid. If the declaration of higher bid is contested, this per…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 4: Higher bids

Article R322-55

…g, the bidding is resumed in accordance with the conditions set out in articles R. 322-39 to R. 322-49, at the price modified by the higher bid. If the higher bid is not covered, the higher bidder is…

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