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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Critical care

Article R6123-34-4

I. - Exceptionally and on a temporary basis, in the absence of available paediatric critical care beds, patients under the age of 18 may be treated in adult critical care on site or by agreement with…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Grant of cinematographic representation rights

Article L213-12

Notwithstanding articles…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Investment of sums held in the automatic cinema distribution account

Article 222-13

…of a feature film covered by 5° of article…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Specific provisions applicable when the amount of eligible damage is less than six million euros excluding tax

Article R1613-14

…of subsidies for each repair operation according to the maximum rates mentioned in article R. 1613-9. If the sum of grants that may be awarded to local authorities or groupings exceeds the total amou…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Combating mirror sites

Article L331-32

With due respect for the rights of the parties, the Autorité de Régulation de la Communication Audiovisuelle et Numérique shall promote or encourage a conciliatory solution. Where it draws up a concil…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Freedom of establishment.

Article R221-13

…ct of the département in which they are established. Persons residing abroad must submit their application to the Prefect of Paris. The application must be accompanied by proof of the applicant's nati…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Lien and enforcement of pledges

Article L124-4

…served on the purchaser and the debtor who was the previous owner within fifteen days of the notification referred to in the first paragraph of this article and must contain a summons to appear befor…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Rights conferred by the trade mark

Article L713-5

…authorised by the proprietor of a well-known trade mark within the meaning of Article 6 bis of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, shall not constitute an infringement but…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions of access for humanitarian associations

Article R744-29

…s of detention.Each authorised association may submit to the territorially competent prefect or, in Paris, to the police prefect, for each place of detention, a list of no more than five persons entit…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Undercover procedures, sound recordings and images of certain places or vehicles

Article D15-1-5

The departments, units and bodies, referred to in Article 706-95-17, that may carry out operations to install the technical devices referred to in l'article 706-96 sont :the national directorate of th…

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