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Showing 43514360 of 53735 articles for Art. Cass. com. 12 January 1999 · Cass. 1re civ. 20 December 2012 · Cass. com. 29 January 2002 · Cass. com. 3 May 2012

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

Article 312-30

…e or training within the meaning of articles…

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

Article 312-31

Rewriting grants are awarded for the following audiovisual projects:1° Fiction projects, either in the form of single programmes with a planned running time of at least 60 minutes, or in the form of s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article R5124-3-1

By way of derogation from the provisions of Article R. 5124-3, manufacturers and importers of medicinal products may only distribute investigational medicinal products and, where applicable, ancillary…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Members of the Management Board

Article D6143-35-3-1

…ee with the names proposed, if no proposal is made or if the proposals are incomplete, the Director may request a new list within fifteen days. In the event of further disagreement, he shall appoint t…

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French Customs CodeIn force
B. - Home seizures.

Article 330

1. In the event of a home seizure, goods that are not prohibited shall not be moved, provided that the accused provides a solvent guarantee for their value. If the defendant fails to provide security,…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Special provisions relating to guarantee calls.

Article 337

A judgment given against the formal guarantor may, in all cases, be enforced against the guaranteed party on the sole condition that it has been notified to him.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Actions contesting parentage

Article 336

Legally established filiation may be challenged by the public prosecutor if evidence drawn from the records themselves makes it implausible or in the event of fraud against the law.

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Special rights reserved for customs.

Article 387

1. When the offences referred to in articles 412, 1° to 5°, 414, 414-2 and 459 have been duly recorded by an official authorised for this purpose, the president of the judicial court may order, at the…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Support for projects

Article 633-3

…ts are awarded with a view to contributing towards the costs mentioned in Article 17(2), Article 18(3), Article 19(2), Article 25(3)(a, b, d and e), Article 28(2), Article 29(3) and Article 31(3) of C…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Group retirement savings plan

Article D3334-3-3

…ective retirement savings plan after a beneficiary has left the company, as mentioned in article L. 3334-7, may not exceed an annual amount of 20 euros. However, where the sums and securities held in…

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