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Showing 12611270 of 62496 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 19 December 1983 · Cass. 3e civ. 2 October 2002 · Cass. 3e civ. 3 May 2006

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

Article 212-33

Script rewriting grants may also be awarded to the authors' collaborators, who are responsible for helping with the rewriting process.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 5: Judicial declaration of parental abandonment

Article 381-2

…ental child welfare service to be abandoned if the child is in the situation referred to in Article 381-1 during the year preceding the submission of the application for a judicial declaration of pare…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Specific powers of the President of the Investigating Chamber

Article 221-3

…provided for by Article 175 has not been issued, the President of the Examining Magistrate's Court may, of his or her own motion or at the request of the Public Prosecutor or the person under investi…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Exercise of parental authority by separated parents

Article 373-2

…n, at the request of the person directly concerned or the family court judge, the public prosecutor may request the assistance of the police to enforce a decision of the family court judge, a divorce…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Critical care

Article R6123-34-2

…e care and multi-purpose paediatric intensive care, and speciality intensive care where applicable; 2° Intensive care and multi-purpose paediatric intensive care, and speciality intensive care where a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Clarifying the encrypted data needed to establish the truth

Article 230-3

On completion of the operations or as soon as it appears that such operations are technically impossible or on expiry of the prescribed time limit or on receipt of the stop order from the public prose…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Entering sums in the automatic cinema production account

Article 211-37

Subject to the provisions of article…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Entering sums in the automatic cinema production account

Article 211-38

…film that meet the conditions set out in the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Geolocation

Article 230-32

…on's knowledge, of a vehicle or of any other object, without the consent of its owner or possessor, may be used if this operation is required by the necessities: 1° An investigation or enquiry into a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General principles

Article L1111-3-2

…ealthcare professionals and health centres:1° By display in the places where patients are received ;2° By prior quotation above a certain amount.In the case of health establishments, information is pr…

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