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Showing 26812690 of 35842 articles for Art. 473 · Cass. 1re civ. avis 6 December 2018 · Cass. 1re civ. 19 March 2014 · CA Paris 20 November 2014

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 695-9-6

The freezing order and the certificate shall, subject to the provisions of the second paragraph, be transmitted directly by the judicial authority of the issuing State to the judicial authority of the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Common provisions.

Article D711-67-6

…transmit to CCI France, under the conditions that it sets, all the information necessary for it to carry out its missions, in particular information relating to the monitoring of agreements on object…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Certification of the accounts of public health institutions

Article R6145-61-6

The director of each public health institution whose accounts have been certified by one or more auditors shall forward the report drawn up by the certifier, together with the decision on the accounts…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Products which may only be sold in bulk under certain conditions

Article D120-6

…g products: 1° Single-use materials and articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs that cannot be washed before use; 2° Single-use baby nappies and, among single-use intimate hygiene prote…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Special provisions concerning the content of award notices

Article R2183-6

Where the call for competition was made in the form of a prior information notice or a periodic indicative notice and the purchaser has decided not to award any new contracts during the period covered…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Exceptional aid to programming groups and agreements

Article 919-68

…the exceptional aid, at least 50% of the cinemas for which the grouping or the lead company of the cartel ensures the programming belong to establishments that are independent of this grouping or thi…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Exceptional aid to programming groups and agreements

Article 919-66

Exceptional aid is allocated in the form of a direct grant to help compensate for the drop in activity suffered by programming groups and agreements within the meaning of article L. 212-19 of the Code…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Extension of the calculation period for sums held in the automatic account

Article 919-62

The period for calculating the sums entered in the automatic account provided for in the second paragraph of article 222-3 is extended by one year for cinematographic works for which this period has e…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Exceptional aid to programming groups and agreements

Article 919-67

…ceptional aid is awarded either to the legal entity forming the group or to the company leading the cartel, as mentioned in articles R. 212-17 and R. 212-18 of the French Cinema and Moving Images Code…

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

Article 919-6

The exceptional aid is subject to compliance with Commission Regulation (EU) No 1407/2013 of 18 December 2013 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the Europea…

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