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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Title I: PURPOSE AND SCOPE

Article 110-4

Financial aid may be granted by the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée to support actions or projects of general or collective interest, or the overall activity of public or private bodies…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Criminal proceedings

Article L716-11-1

In addition to the penalties provided for in articles L. 716-9 and L. 716-10, the court may order the total or partial, definitive or temporary closure, for a maximum period of five years, of the esta…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Family reunification

Article L561-5

Family members of a refugee or beneficiary of subsidiary protection apply for an entry visa to enter France for a stay of more than three months to the diplomatic and consular authorities, who will de…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Duration of protection

Article R513-2

The holder of a published design registration may at any time renounce it, in whole or in part. The declaration of renunciation must, on pain of inadmissibility: 1° Be made by the holder of the regist…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Communication obligations of the Consumer Ombudsman

Article R614-3

Any natural or legal person wishing to be included on the list of mediators provided for in Article L. 615-1 communique à la commission d'évaluation et de contrôle de la médiation mentionnée au même a…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Policy

Article L2542-4

Without prejudice to the powers of the representative of the State in the department by virtue of 9° of Article 2 of Section III of the Decree of 22 December 1789, the police matters entrusted to the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Merger

Article R236-7

Unless the shareholders of each of the companies involved in the merger decide otherwise under the conditions provided for in II of Article L. 236-10, the shareholder information provided for in the f…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Provisions relating to judicial supervision and house arrest applicable in cases of domestic violence

Article D32-29

In the event of information concerning offences committed either by the victim's spouse, cohabitee or partner linked to the victim by a civil solidarity pact, or by the victim's former spouse, former…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption of the budget and settlement of accounts

Article R4312-8

If the administrative account has not been adopted by the date of the vote on the budget for the following financial year, when the result of the operating section, the financing requirement or, where…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Clearances

Article R4216-12

The steps must comply with the following requirements: 1° They must not be slippery; 2° If there is no riser, successive steps must overlap by 5 centimetres; 3° It is forbidden to place one or two iso…

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