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Showing 4150 of 35642 articles for Art. CE 16-3-2016 n° 385771

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 3: Pre-production aid

Article 322-16

…e expenses include the purchase of materials, supplies and equipment, rental of buildings, maintenance and repair costs relating to these buildings, travel expenses, technical documentation, postage a…

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

Article 321-16

Aid for the pre-production of immersive works is awarded to legal entities that assume the functions of a delegated production company. Aid may be awarded to several legal entities acting jointly as p…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 311-16

Audiovisual works must be produced by delegated production companies.For the purposes of granting aid for the production of the same work, this status may only be granted to a maximum of two productio…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Respect for the human body

Article 16-3

The integrity of the human body may only be infringed in the event of medical necessity for the person concerned or exceptionally in the therapeutic interest of others. The consent of the person conce…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Judicial police officers

Article 16-3

The committee gives a reasoned decision. The hearing takes place and the decision is given in chambers. The debate is oral; the claimant may be heard in person at his request or that of his counsel; h…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle II: The departmental criminal court

Article 380-16

…mprisonment, when it is not committed in a state of legal recidivism, shall be tried at first instance by the departmental criminal court. This court shall also have jurisdiction to try related offenc…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter III-1: Sale of buildings to be constructed.

Article 1601-3

…e property of the purchaser as and when they are completed; the purchaser is required to pay the price as the work progresses. The seller retains the powers of the project owner until acceptance of th…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 312-16

By way of exception and at the reasoned request of the beneficiary, the periods provided for in articles…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 6: Mergers, demergers and partial contributions of assets between associations

Article 30-16

The operations, mentioned in article 79-IV of the local civil code applicable to the departments of Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin and Moselle, of mergers, demergers and partial contributions of assets between a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Duties levied

Article D3512-16-3

The public establishment mentioned in article L. 3512-15 may commission approved laboratories to carry out the analyses mentioned in the same article.The costs of these analyses shall be borne by the…

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