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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Coordination of powers between the European Public Prosecutor, the Deputy European Public Prosecutors and the French judicial authority

Article 696-135

Where, in the cases referred to in Article 25(6) of the aforementioned Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 of 12 October 2017, the public prosecutor to whom the investigation has been referred refuses t…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Performance of duties.

Article R6152-624-1

…practitioners working full-time may carry out the expert assessments mentioned in II of article L. 6152-4 during their working hours, up to a limit of two half-days per week, calculated as an average…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 11: Termination of service.

Article R6152-630-1

The establishment and the practitioner recruited under an open-ended contract may agree on the terms of termination of the contract between them. The contractual termination is the result of an agreem…

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

Article 621-6

The following are eligible for direct subsidies:1° Long-length cinematographic works for which investment approval has been granted;2° Audiovisual works in the fiction and creative documentary genres…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions relating to beneficiaries

Article 611-6

…sition of the videographic publishing rights for the work has first been entered in the public film and audiovisual register.

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

Article 632-6

…depending on the nature of the expenditure concerned, with the intensity rates provided for in 5 (c and d), 6 and 7 of Article 25 of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 referred to…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions relating to beneficiaries

Article 612-6

…levision services are not eligible for financial support for online distribution of cinematographic and audiovisual works.Public institutions and their subsidiaries are not eligible for selective fina…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: Purpose and award conditions

Article 622-6

Selective grants are awarded and their amount is determined on the basis of:1° The quality and originality of the graphic design;2° The match between the technical choices made for the animation and t…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III: Police powers relating to specific objects

Article L2213-6-1

The mayor may, up to a limit of twice a year, make the access of persons to certain roads or to certain portions of roads or to certain sectors of the municipality subject to payment of a fee on the o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions for issuing the European arrest warrant.

Article 695-17-1

If the public prosecutor is informed by the judicial authority of the executing Member State of a request from the arrested person for the appointment of a lawyer on national territory, he shall provi…

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