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Showing 10211030 of 37517 articles for Art. Cass. 1re civ. 11 December 2001 · Cass. com. 4 December 2012

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Selection of the feature film representing French cinema at the Oscars

Article A210-11

…Oscar is selected by a committee made up of: 1° Two exporters; 2° Two producers; 3° Two directors; 4° A person qualified in the field of cinema. The members of the committee are appointed each year b…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Arrest and surrender

Article 627-11

The provisions of articles 627-4 to 627-10 are also applicable if the person claimed is prosecuted or convicted in France for charges other than those covered by the request from the International Cri…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Division of powers between professional leagues and federations

Article R132-11

…ns under which sportsmen and women are made available to teams bearing the name "Equipe de France"; 4° Implementation of the federal medical regulations; 5° Exercising the right to information provide…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Import and export

Article R5121-117

…ize, shape, colour, engraving, printing or any other marking; 3° The composition of the excipients; 4° The date of the last revision of the package leaflet.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions of professional competence.

Article R512-11

…course. The results of this test must be appended to the training log provided for in article R. 514-4.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Va: Withholding

Article L335-11

In the absence of a written request from the owner of a copyright or related right and outside the cases provided for by European Union regulations, the customs administration may, as part of its cont…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Life insurance with variable capital on real estate.

Article L160-11

…in article L. 160-10 or by a société civile de placement immobilier and subject to articles L. 160-14 and L. 160-15, the adoption by such a company of the system for undertakings for collective real e…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Identification and lists of members of the medical professions.

Article D4113-115

…art of the process of registration on the roll, register the information provided for in article L. 4113-1 on the basis of the diploma, certificate or other evidence of formal qualifications presented…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter I: High-level sport

Article L221-11

…pted professional project, as well as the training and integration mechanisms that can be mobilised;4° Participation in events of general interest.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to new building projects

Article R2431-11

…sections and façades;3° Define the construction principles, materials and technical installations;4° Drawing up the final estimate of the provisional cost of the works, broken down by trades;5° Enab…

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