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Showing 121130 of 49367 articles for Art. Cass. com. 6 June 1990 · Cass. com. 3 June 2014 · Cass. 1re civ. 8 January 2002

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

Article 311-83

Grants are awarded on the basis of the artistic quality of the projects submitted and the economic conditions of their production.

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

Article 311-82

…general conditions mentioned in article…

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

Article 311-84

The granting of aid is subject to an initial decision taken after consulting the relevant specialised committee.This decision establishes the principle of granting aid and sets the amount. It is taken…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Effects of extradition

Article 696-34

As an exception to the provisions of Article 696-6, the rule of speciality does not apply where the person claimed waives it under the conditions provided for in articles 696-28 and 696-40 or where th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Time savings account.

Article R6152-807-3

Each day concerned by the option mentioned in 1° of article R. 6152-807-2 is compensated up to an amount set by joint order of the ministers responsible for health, the civil service and the budget. T…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Acts performed by undivided co-owners.

Article 815-3

…2° Give one or more of the undivided co-owners or a third party a general administration mandate; 3° Sell the undivided movable property to pay the debts and charges of the undivided co-ownership; 4…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Keeping a record of queries and consultations

Article R53-8-34

The file shall retain for a period of three years information relating to the recordings and interrogations to which it is subject, specifying the capacity of the person or authority who carried out t…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title IX bis: Hearing children in court.

Article 338-8

When the hearing is ordered by a panel, the panel may hear the minor itself or appoint one of its members to conduct the hearing and report back to it.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article 366-8

…e parties shall be represented and assisted in accordance with the conditions laid down in Article 931. The court rules after hearing the opinion of the public prosecutor.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Action for subsidies

Article 342-8

Res judicata on the action for subsidies does not raise any bar to a subsequent action for paternity. The award of subsidies will cease to have effect if the paternal filiation of the child is subsequ…

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