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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 621-21

The decision to award a grant is taken after consultation with the committee responsible for granting aid for the production of works using digital visual effects.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 722-21

Applications for support must be submitted between six and eight weeks before the date scheduled for each of the two annual sessions of the Audiovisual Promotion Support Committee.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Access conditions for associations

Article R343-21

The competent administrative authority may authorise any additional visit on the basis of a written, reasoned request from the president of an authorised association or any authorised member of the as…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 2: Assistance in exercising rights

Article R744-21

To enable them to exercise their rights effectively, foreign nationals held in a detention facility may benefit from the assistance of a legal entity, at their request or at the latter's initiative, u…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: The National Disciplinary Commission

Article R1442-21

The National Disciplinary Commission provided for in Article L. 1442-13-2 sits at the Court of Cassation. It is called the Commission nationale de discipline des conseillers prud'hommes.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Screening for neonatal diseases

Article R1131-21

Neonatal screening refers to the screening of newborns for the purpose of secondary prevention. It is carried out on all newborns or, in certain cases, on those at particular risk of developing one of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Procedural bodies and supervisors.

Article R621-21

The juge-commissaire shall rule by order on applications, disputes and claims falling within his jurisdiction as well as on claims made against the acts of the administrator, the mandataire judiciaire…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Creation, extension and conversion.

Article R2324-21

The Chairman of the Departmental Council has three months from the date on which the application is deemed to be complete to notify the public authority concerned of the opinion provided for in the se…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Quarantine and isolation measures

Article R3131-21

The order of the liberty and custody judge may be appealed to the first president of the court of appeal or his delegate within five days of its notification. The First President of the Court of Appea…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Supervision, inspection and discipline.

Article R812-21

The provisions of articles R. 811-40 to R. 811-42-1 relating to the supervision and inspection of court-appointed administrators are applicable to court-appointed agents and persons designated under t…

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