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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 1: Procedure before the Court of Review

Article 1031-21

The time limits provided for in articles 1031-12, 1031-13 and 1031-16 are increased under the conditions provided for in article 1023.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Open-ended inclusion contracts

Article D5132-26-10

The recruitment of a person mentioned in article L. 5132-14-1 on an open-ended contract is declared by electronic means, using the teleservice mentioned in article R. 5132-1-19. Where applicable, the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: The date on which divorce takes effect

Article 260

The marriage is dissolved: 1° By the divorce agreement concluded by private deed countersigned by lawyers, on the date on which it becomes enforceable; 2° By the decision granting the divorce, on the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: The date on which divorce takes effect

Article 262

The divorce agreement or judgment may be relied on as against third parties, as regards the property of the spouses, from the day on which the formalities of mention in the margin prescribed by the ru…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Points scale for works of fiction

Article 211-10

For cinematographic works in the fiction genre, points are divided into five groups as follows: I.-Language of Filming" group 1° A maximum of 20 points is allocated to the "Language of Filming" group;…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Pre-implementation and post-implementation aid committees

Article 211-147

Committee members are appointed for a renewable term of one year. Their term of office begins on 1 January of each year.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Pre-implementation and post-implementation aid committees

Article 211-142

A committee is responsible for examining applications for pre-production support submitted for a director's first feature-length film. It has seven members, including two co-chairmen.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Pre-implementation and post-implementation aid committees

Article 211-148

At each committee meeting, the co-chairmen shall decide which of them shall have the casting vote in the event of a tie.If one of the co-chairmen is absent, he shall be replaced by another member of t…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Pre-implementation and post-implementation aid committees

Article 211-145

A committee is responsible for examining applications for post-completion grants. It has thirteen members, including two co-chairmen.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Pre-implementation and post-implementation aid committees

Article 211-146

Each committee is co-chaired by the same number of members.

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