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Showing 21412150 of 56861 articles for Art. Cass. com. 20-1-1966 n° 68

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Operation

Article 133-13

Minutes are drawn up by the committee secretariat. They shall indicate the names and positions of the members present or represented, the dossiers examined during the meeting and the meaning of each o…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Management.

Article 1846-1

Except in the cases referred to in article 1844-7, the company comes to an end by early dissolution, which may be ordered by the court at the request of any interested party, where it has been without…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 12: Appeals against orders of the investigating judge or the liberty and custody judge

Article 187-1

In the event of an appeal against an order to remand a person in custody, the accused or the public prosecutor may, if the appeal is lodged no later than the day following the decision to remand the p…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 8: Nature of the tests leading to the award of the first and second level state diploma for sports instructors and reserved for candidates who are or have been high-level sportsmen and sportswomen.

Article A212-156

The final assessment for the first and second levels is organised at the end of the training course. It consists of an interview based on a practical case submitted to the candidate (marked out of 20;…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the publication of a book in printed and digital form

Article L132-17-1

Where the purpose of a publishing contract is to publish a book in both printed and digital form, the conditions relating to the transfer of exploitation rights in digital form shall be set out in a s…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Qualifying conditions

Article R742-15-1

At the end of the training period, the trainee appears before a committee responsible for validating the experience gained. With the exception of the persons mentioned in article R. 742-3, the trainee…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Trade union rights

Article R6153-1-18

The provisions of articles R. 6153-24 to R. 6153-24-4 are applicable to junior doctors.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Review procedure

Article R1124-15

The request for re-examination relating to elements covered by Part II of the initial applications provided for in Article 7 of the aforementioned European Regulation of 16 April 2014 shall be sent to…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Deeds relating mainly to real estate and land

Article A444-101

…sales of businesses, business components, production units, branches of business activity (number 68 in table 5) give rise, when they are subject to land registration, to the collection of a fee pro…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Special provisions for the automatic cinema exhibition account

Article 123-14

In the event of the receivership or liquidation of an operator of a cinema, the agent appointed by the competent court to deal with the receivership or liquidation proceedings is authorised to receive…

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