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Showing 2130 of 40503 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 24 March 1999 · Cass. com. 13 February 2007 · Cass. com. 31 May 2011

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

Article 312-31

Rewriting grants are awarded for the following audiovisual projects:1° Fiction projects, either in the form of single programmes with a planned running time of at least 60 minutes, or in the form of s…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Inspections and investigations

Article R621-31

I.-To exercise its supervisory and investigative powers, the Autorité des marchés financiers may have recourse to :1° Members of its staff ;2° Pursuant to 2° of Article L. 621-9-2 : a) The General Sec…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Investment recommendations produced or disseminated as part of a journalistic activity

Article L621-31

…Directive 2003/6/ EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Directives 2003/124/ EC, 2003/125/ EC and 2004/72/ EC, are not subject to the provisions of Commission Delegated Regu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Single chapter: The Autorité des marchés financiers

Article L621-24

…ister financial instruments of which they have become aware in the course of their duties and which may constitute a breach of the provisions of the AMF General Regulation relating to the rules of con…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-section I: Disputes raised before the judicial tribunal or the court of appeal.

Article 311

In the event of a waiver or settlement of the forgery registration, the Public Prosecutor's Office may request all appropriate measures to reserve the institution of criminal proceedings.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4: Determining taxable income

Article 31

…half of the tenant by the owner for which the latter has been unable to obtain reimbursement, as at 31 December of the year in which the tenant left;a quater) The provisions for expenses, whether or n…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 319

In the case of an offence affecting a person's parentage, the criminal action may only be decided after the judgment on the question of parentage has become res judicata.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Approval

Article L214-24-24

…d or a subfund of a general-purpose investment fund is subject to authorisation by the Autorité des marchés financiers.The Autorité des marchés financiers may withdraw its authorisation from any gener…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 9: Medicinal products and medical devices which midwives may prescribe

Article D4151-31

Midwives may prescribe for women, children and women's male partners and may obtain for their professional use the medicinal products listed by therapeutic class in tables I, II and III of appendix 41…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title II: Action.

Article 31

The action is open to all those who have a legitimate interest in the success or rejection of a claim, subject to cases in which the law attributes the right to act only to persons whom it qualifies t…

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