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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: Purpose and award conditions

Article 622-5

Expenditure taken into account to determine the amount of selective aid is capped at 80% of the production budget for the work or, in the case of an international co-production, 80% of the French part…

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

Article 621-18

Expenditure taken into account to determine the amount of selective aid is capped at 80% of the production budget for the work or, in the case of an international co-production, 80% of the French part…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Arbitration

Article R2197-25

For the State, recourse to arbitration in the cases mentioned in Article L. 2197-6 is authorised by decree issued on the report of the competent minister and the minister responsible for the economy.

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IX: Special provisions for insolvency proceedings covered by Regulation (EU) No 2015/848 of 20 May 2015 on insolvency proceedings

Article L690-1

The court seised of an application to open insolvency proceedings in respect of a debtor may open, as the case may be, main insolvency proceedings or territorial or secondary insolvency proceedings.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Discipline of commercial court judges.

Article L724-5

The National Disciplinary Committee may only deliberate if at least four of its members, including the chairman, are present. In the event of a tie, the chairman shall have the casting vote.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Appeals to the Court of Appeal against decisions of the Director General of the National Institute of Industrial Property

Article R411-36

In the event of force majeure, the president of the chamber may waive the application of the penalties provided for in articles R. 411-29, R. 411-30 and R. 411-32.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Opposition to cold calling

Article R223-7

Unless the consumer has unsubscribed, the data contained in the opposition list is kept by the organisation for a period of three years from the expiry of the registration period.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Commencement of proceedings

Article R742-2

In the cases provided for in Article L. 742-2 and in article L. 741-6, the debtor's agreement may be given verbally. This is noted by the court clerk's office.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R233-2

In case of doubt, the Prefect may, without systematically doing so, verify that the conditions mentioned in articles L. 233-1, R. 233-7 and R. 233-8 are met.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Information and delivery of documents

Article R521-17

When the prefect responsible for registering the application finds that an asylum seeker is in one of the accelerated procedure cases provided for in Articles L. 531-24 and L. 531-27, he will inform t…

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