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

Article 422-7

…ard of Diversity Images aid is subject to:1° To the provisions of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in appl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Setting the number of students

Article R4381-7

…his plan before 15 May of the previous year. Each regional council sends its reasoned opinion by 15 June of the same year at the latest to the Director General of the regional health agency, who sends…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 707-6

The amount of the increase in fines provided for in Article 132-20 of the Penal Code is set by the judge on the basis of the circumstances of the offence, the personality of the offender and the offen…

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

Article 723-3

…in the "MEDIA" sub-programme of the "Creative Europe" programme, provided for in Regulation (EU) No 2021/818 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2021 establishing the "Creative Eur…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article L225-71

…applicable, these representatives are appointed under the conditions provided for in Article L. 225-79.The members of the Supervisory Board referred to in the first paragraph of this article shall, at…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Tasks of the agency

Article 706-160

…tions provided for in articles L. 2222-9 du code général de la propriété des personnes publiques et 707-1 du présent code;4° L'aliénation des biens ordonnée ou autorisée dans les conditions prévues au…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title Ia: Electronically supervised home detention sentence

Article 713-47

…io or at the request of the public prosecutor, in accordance with the procedures set out in article 712-8 of this code, modify or supplement the obligations or prohibitions to which the sentenced pers…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: The National Disciplinary Committee.

Article R724-7

…mission shall be installed in office by the First President of the Cour de cassation between 10 and 20 April following their appointment or election.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter V: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article R*765-1

For the application of this book in French Polynesia: 1° Articles R. * 721-3, R. * 732-3, R. * 732-4 and R. * 744-24 are applicable in French Polynesia; 2° Article R. * 721-3 is worded as follows:"Art…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter VI: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN NEW CALEDONIA

Article R*766-1

For the application of this book in New Caledonia: 1° Articles R. * 721-3, R. * 732-3, R. * 732-4 and R. * 744-24 are applicable in New Caledonia. 2° Article R. * 721-3 is worded as follows:"Art. R. *…

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