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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 312-36

…tion projects, the amount of aid is set at:a) For series projects : 15,000, including a maximum of €10,000 for authors and €7,500 where the planned duration per episode is less than 10 minutes, includ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Common rules governing the practice of the profession

Article D4323-2-2

Articles D. 4311-95 to D. 4311-104 apply to masseur-physiotherapists and chiropodists, subject to the following adaptations: 1° In the first paragraph of article D. 4311-95, the words: "in article L.…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Prohibited activities, checks and investigations

Article L232-18-9

…oping rules mentioned in 1° and 2° of II of article L. 232-9 and in 1°, 2° and 3° of article L. 232-10, to seek evidence and identify the perpetrators and accomplices, investigators may, with the writ…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 5: Remedies and limitation periods

Article L232-24

…f 16° of I of article L. 232-5 and agreements concluded in application of IV of article L. 232-23-3-10.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Title I: PURPOSE AND SCOPE

Article 110-4

…moving image industries. These grants constitute subsidies within the meaning ofarticle 9-1 of law no. 2000-321 of 12 April 2000 on the rights of citizens in their relations with administrations, and…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Securities giving access to the capital or giving entitlement to the allotment of debt securities

Article L228-91

…constituting a promise to acquire shares for the purposes of the second paragraph of article L. 228-10.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VIa: Customs detention and criminal proceedings

Article L716-11-1

In addition to the penalties provided for in articles L. 716-9 and L. 716-10, the court may order the total or partial, definitive or temporary closure, for a maximum period of five years, of the esta…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national judicial database for perpetrators of sexual or violent offences

Article 706-53-8

…aging the wanted persons file of the deletions it has made pursuant to articles 706-53-4 and 706-53-10.If it transpires that the person is no longer at the address indicated, the criminal investigatio…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Jurisdiction and procedure before courts of first instance

Article 712-7

…forcement judge to whom the sentenced person is subject pursuant to the provisions of l'article 712-10. The judgements of the sentence enforcement court are handed down, after the opinion of the priso…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The jury

Article A212-20

…d in the field of entertainment and sport. In accordance with the fifth paragraph of article R. 212-10-2, the Regional Director for Youth, Sport and Social Cohesion, in order to set up a jury, contact…

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