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Showing 6170 of 20353 articles for Art. CE 9-6-2020 n° 432596

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to the issuing of a European protection order by the French authorities

Article 696-92

…or checks whether the decision establishing the protective measure was adopted in an adversarial procedure. If this is not the case, the public prosecutor notifies the offender of the decision or judg…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the recognition and enforcement by the French authorities of a European protection order

Article 696-97

The public prosecutor receives requests for the recognition and enforcement on the territory of the Republic of European protection decisions issued by the competent authorities of other Member States…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to the issuing of a European protection order by the French authorities

Article 696-91

A European protection order may be issued by the public prosecutor at the request of the victim or the victim's legal representative. The victim shall be informed of this right when one of the prohibi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to the issuing of a European protection order by the French authorities

Article 696-93

When a request is made for a European protection order to be issued, the public prosecutor assesses the need to grant it, taking into account in particular the length of time the victim intends to sta…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to the issuing of a European protection order by the French authorities

Article 696-95

…l languages of the executing State or into one of those of the institutions of the European Union accepted by that State. The public prosecutor shall send a copy of the European protection order to th…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Procedure

Article 698-9

…they find in their decision that publicity is likely to result in the disclosure of a national defence secret, order, by decision given in open court, that the proceedings be held in camera. Where pro…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the recognition and enforcement by the French authorities of a European protection order

Article 696-98

The public prosecutor may carry out or arrange for any further investigations that he or she considers useful. If he considers that the information accompanying the European protection order is incomp…

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

Article 621-9

The production expenses taken into account to calculate the direct allocation are capped at 80% of the production budget for the work or, in the case of an international co-production, 80% of the Fren…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Automatic financial aid

Article 612-9

Automatic financial support for online distribution of cinematographic works involves the allocation of investment grants and direct grants.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Automatic financial aid

Article 611-9

Automatic financial support for the video production of cinematographic and audiovisual works involves the allocation of investment grants and direct grants.

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