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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Mandates and their execution

Article 123

Every warrant shall specify the identity of the person against whom it is issued; it shall be dated and signed by the magistrate who issued it and shall bear his seal. Warrants for bringing, committin…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Bearer bonds and stipulations for third parties

Article 1207

The revocation can only be made by the stipulator or, after his death, by his heirs. The latter may only do so after the expiry of a period of three months from the day on which they gave the benefici…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article 1215

In the event of the death of an adult subject to a protective measure exercised by a legal representative for the protection of adults, the latter may, in the absence of known heirs, refer the matter…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to minors and adults.

Article 1253

The property inventory operations provided for in article 503 of the Civil Code are carried out in the presence of the protected person, if their state of health or age allows, their lawyer, if applic…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Performance of the contract

Article L224-12

Electricity and natural gas supply bills are presented in accordance with the conditions laid down by an order of the minister responsible for consumption and the minister responsible for energy issue…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Territorial professional health communities

Article L1434-12

In order to ensure better coordination of their activities and thus contribute to the structuring of the healthcare pathways referred to in article L. 1411-1 and the achievement of the objectives of t…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Election of employee representatives

Article D112-12

Staff representatives are elected on the basis of proportional representation, with the remainder being distributed on the basis of the highest average, and without a mixture of candidates.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Compliance with environmental obligations

Article 122-18

Companies applying for financial assistance for the production of long or short cinematographic works or for the production of audiovisual works in the fiction or documentary genre must submit the fol…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4: Lapse of financial assistance

Article 121-8

Unless otherwise stipulated, decisions to award financial assistance are subject to the project or expenditure being completed within four years.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4: Lapse of financial assistance

Article 121-9

The periods mentioned in…

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