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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Investment for the preparation of sums entered in the automatic audiovisual production account

Article 311-73

…ng to the period during which these personnel were actually employed on the preparation of the work;4° Location scouting expenditure;5° Expenditure on the design, development and modelling of characte…

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

Article 611-26

…xpenditure, including expenditure on making works secure and accessible to people with disabilities;4° Editorial expenses;5° Promotion and marketing expenses;6° Subtitling or dubbing expenses;7° Overh…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IX: Rehabilitation of convicted persons

Article 783

…ions provided for in this Title. In all cases, it produces the effects provided for in Article 133-16 of the Criminal Code. However, when the pardon is granted by the investigating chamber, the second…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Costs.

Article 695

…lating deeds where this is made necessary by law or by an international commitment ;3° Witness fees;4° Remuneration of technicians;5° Tariffed disbursements;6° Emoluments of public or ministerial offi…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section IV: Rules specific to the notification of judgments.

Article 678

Where representation is compulsory, the representatives of the parties must also first be notified of the judgment: a) By delivery of a copy of the decision by the court registry, where the parties ar…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 6: Family habilitation

Article 494-4

…ll be heard or called in accordance with the procedures laid down in the first paragraph of Article 432. However, the judge may, by specially reasoned decision and on the advice of the doctor mentione…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1a: Compulsory release

Article 720

…that it is impossible to implement one of these measures with regard to the requirements of article 707. If the situation of the convicted person is not examined in accordance with the provisions of t…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Products whose sale in bulk is prohibited

Article D120-7

…cordance with the provisions of Chapter III of Section IX of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific hygiene rules…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Nullity, dissolution and liquidation of the company.

Article R743-68

…l the partners simultaneously request their withdrawal under the conditions provided for in Article 21 of Law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966 relating to professional non-trading companies and articles…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Practice of the profession.

Article R4113-71

…his surname, the company name determined in accordance with the provisions of article 8 of law no. 66-879 of 29 November 1966 relating to professional non-trading companies.

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