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

Article 422-16

The author has two years for cinematographic projects and one year for other projects, from the date of the first payment, to submit the finished version to the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Consultative Commission

Article 443-1

The Commission des aides au parcours d'auteur is made up of ten members chosen, for each session, from a list drawn up each year by the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée.…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Procedures relating to first names

Article 1055-4

The operative part of the decision ordering the change of forename is forwarded without delay by the public prosecutor to the civil registrar holding the interested party's civil status records, in th…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter VI: Referral to the Cour de cassation for an opinion.

Article 1031-4

In matters where representation is compulsory, any observations of the parties must be signed by a lawyer at the Conseil d'Etat and the Cour de cassation.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: Delegation, total and partial withdrawal of parental authority, judicial declaration of parental abandonment

Article 1208-4

The court hearing an application for a judicial declaration of parental abandonment shall rule in the same form and by the same judgment on the delegation of the exercise of parental authority.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section V: International wrongful removal of children

Article 1210-4

The central authority designated under the international and European instruments relating to the international wrongful removal of children shall transmit to the public prosecutor at the judicial cou…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter XI: Legal support measures.

Article 1262-4

The judge rules within one month of the application being filed. His decision is not subject to opposition.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter X: Legal protection of minors and adults

Article 1258-4

The mandator or beneficiary of the mandate who has not appeared before the court clerk shall be informed by the mandatary of the future protection mandate taking effect by registered letter with ackno…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 2 : Judicial homologation of the change of matrimonial property regime

Article 1300-4

The application for homologation of a change of matrimonial property regime is brought before the family court of the family's place of residence.An extract of the application is forwarded by the appl…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter X: Legal protection of minors and adults

Article 1259-4

When the judge terminates the future protection mandate, his decision is notified to the mandatary and the mandator or beneficiary of the mandate by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.

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