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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Other security measures

Article D47-31

The public prosecutor or the public prosecutor shall notify the automated national criminal records department of judgments and rulings declaring that a person is not criminally responsible on account…

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

Article 312-34

The decision to award aid is taken after consultation with the Commission for Aid to Fiction Innovation or the Commission for Aid to Animation Innovation, depending on the case.

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

Article 312-47

The decision to award a grant is taken, depending on the case, after receiving the opinion of the Fiction Innovation Grant Committee or the Animation Innovation Grant Committee.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Borrower information

Article L312-31

In the event of a change in the borrowing rate, the borrower shall be informed on paper or on another durable medium before the change takes effect. This information shall indicate the amount of the i…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Calculation methods for fiction, animation and audiovisual adaptations of live performances

Article 311-43

The coefficients applicable to works in the fiction genre are determined as follows:I. - The works are divided into two groups:1° First group: works whose French hourly expenditure is equal to or grea…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 312-6

The following are considered as authors' artistic experience: 1° Writing or directing a cinematographic or audiovisual work of fiction, animation or creative documentary released in cinemas or broadca…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Corrective measures, restrictions on use, interruption of distribution, exemptions, information and advice for consumers

Article R1321-31

I.-When the corrective measures taken in application of article R. 1321-27 do not enable the quality of the water to be re-established at the point of compliance defined in 1° of article R. 1321-5, th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Compensation for damage caused by compulsory vaccination

Article R3111-31

The Office will issue a reasoned decision: 1° On the compulsory nature of the vaccination ; 2° Where applicable, on the existence of a causal link between the damage suffered by the victim and the vac…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose, organisation and operation

Article D6352-31

In the event that a vocational training centre ceases to operate, the Minister responsible for vocational training will set the conditions under which the centre will be wound up or taken over by anot…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 311-78

In the event of a dispute or difficulty of interpretation as to whether an audiovisual work belongs to a particular genre, the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée may consu…

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