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Showing 4150 of 38458 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 8-4-2010 n° 08-70.338

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Appearance on preliminary recognition of guilt

Article 495-8

The public prosecutor may propose that the person serve one or more of the principal or additional penalties incurred; the nature and quantum of the penalty or penalties shall be determined in accorda…

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French Commercial codeIn force
APPENDIX 8-4 (APPENDIX TO ARTICLE A. 814-3)

Article Annexe 8-4

REGULATION SETTING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO ELECTIONS OF JUDICIAL DIRECTORS AND JUDICIAL AGENTS TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE GUARANTEE FUND ESTABLISHED IN ARTICLE L. 814-3 ELECTIONS…

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

Article 411-89

To be eligible for post-production support, the works must have been the subject of an application for an exhibition licence or have obtained one during the year of the application for support or duri…

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

Article 411-87

Selective financial aid is awarded after completion to production companies and directors to reward the quality of the production of short films and audiovisual works.

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

Article 411-88

The beneficiaries of post-production aid are both the production companies and the directors.However, the beneficiaries of the aid are the directors alone when the short cinematographic or audiovisual…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Purpose and award conditions

Article 821-4

Grants are awarded and their amount determined in the light of :1° the ambition and cultural interest of the actions undertaken and their coherence, particularly with regard to the size of the establi…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Termination of the posthumous mandate.

Article 812-4

The mandate terminates by one of the following events: 1° The arrival of the stipulated term; 2° The renunciation of the mandatary; 3° The judicial revocation, at the request of an interested heir or…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Preferential allocations.

Article 832-4

The property subject to the allocation is estimated at its value on the date set in accordance with Article 829. Unless there is an amicable agreement between the co-partitioners, any balance due is p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
General provisions

Article 803-4

When a person prosecuted or convicted by the French courts is arrested outside national territory in application of the provisions on the European arrest warrant or extradition or in application of an…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 6: Family habilitation

Article 494-8

The person in respect of whom habilitation has been granted retains the exercise of his rights other than those the exercise of which has been entrusted to the person empowered to represent him pursua…

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