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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Pre-production production aid commissions

Article 411-93

The pre-production support commission for first works is made up of seven members, including a chairman and a vice-chairman, appointed for a renewable term of one year.The pre-production support commi…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2 : Special rules on the form of certain wills.

Article 992

On arrival of the vessel in a port on national territory, the two originals of the will, or the original and its dispatch, or the original which remains, in the event of transmission or delivery made…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Proceedings with compulsory representation.

Article 980

If the defendant to the appeal has not constituted a lawyer, service is made on the party himself. The document of service indicates to the defendant that he must, if he intends to defend the appeal,…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Proceedings with compulsory representation.

Article 977

The court clerk immediately sends the defendant by simple letter a copy of the statement with the indication that he must, if he intends to defend the appeal, appoint a lawyer to the Conseil d'Etat an…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Proceedings with compulsory representation.

Article 912

The Conseiller de la mise en status examines the case within fifteen days of the expiry of the time limits for closing and communicating exhibits. He sets the date for closure and the date for oral ar…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Proceedings without mandatory representation.

Article 989

Where the statement of appeal does not contain a statement, even a summary statement, of the grounds of appeal against the contested decision, the appellant must, on pain of forfeiture established by…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXIV: Procedure applicable to breaches of automated data processing systems

Article 706-72

The offences mentioned in articles 323-1 to 323-4-1 and 411-9 of the Criminal Code, when committed on an automated information processing system, shall be prosecuted, investigated and judged according…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1 : General rules on the form of wills.

Article 972

If the will is received by two notaries, it is dictated to them by the testator; one of these notaries writes it himself or has it written by hand or mechanically. If there is only one notary, it must…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Proceedings with compulsory representation.

Article 978

On pain of forfeiture established by order of the First President or his delegate, the applicant for judicial review must, at the latest within four months from the date of the appeal, submit to the c…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Cancellation and rectification of civil status records

Article 99

The rectification of civil status records is ordered by the president of the court.The rectification of the indication of sex and, where applicable, first names is ordered at the request of any person…

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