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

Article 212-13

The same project may not simultaneously be the subject of a direct grant awarded under article 212-11 and one or more direct grants awarded under article…

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

Article 212-11

Direct grants are awarded to help finance development costs other than writing, rewriting, rights acquisition and, for works in the animation genre, graphic design.

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

Article 212-10

Direct grants for the development of projects are awarded in addition to the selective grants awarded pursuant to article…

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

Article 212-12

…212-42 ; 2° The project involves a director who has never made a feature-length film and a production company that has produced no more than…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Allocation of seats to employee trade unions

Article R23-112-2

…s on each regional cross-industry joint committee provided for in 1° of article L. 23-112-1 takes into account the votes cast, in the professional and territorial area of competence of the committee,…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Establishments and organisations authorised to combat tuberculosis

Article D3112-11-2

Expenses relating to the activities of tuberculosis centres covered under III of article L. 3112-2 include : 1° Medical, paramedical and social worker consultations; 2° Biological, bacteriological, se…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions specific to the "oncological surgery" modality

Article D6124-132-2

Without prejudice to the application of the provisions of articles R. 6123-91-2 and R. 6123-91-3, at least one surgeon with the qualifications mentioned in article D. 6124-132-1 takes part, either phy…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 15-2

Administrative investigations into the conduct of a judicial police officer or agent in the exercise of a judicial police mission involve the Inspectorate General of Justice in the relevant investigat…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article 142-2

…cts of the proceedings, has complied with the obligations of judicial supervision and has submitted to the enforcement of the judgment. If this is not the case, unless there is a legitimate excuse or…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article 141-2

…igations of judicial supervision, the examining magistrate may issue an arrest warrant or a warrant to bring him or her to trial. The investigating judge may also, under the conditions set out in the…

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