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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of asset freezing orders issued by foreign authorities

Article 695-9-20

The execution of a freezing order may be deferred:1° Where it is likely to prejudice an ongoing criminal investigation;2° Where any of the property in question has already been the subject of a freezi…

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

Article 231-37

The beneficiaries of aid for difficult programming are operators of cinemas in operation at the time of notification of the decision to award the aid.In the event of a change of operator during the pe…

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

Article 231-34

Aid for difficult programming is awarded with regard to the quality of the programming of the establishments, the development of their attendance, the quality of the conditions for welcoming the publi…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 6: Mergers, demergers and partial contributions of assets between associations

Article 30-21

…n the transaction from among the auditors registered on the list provided for in I de l'article L. 822-1 du code de commerce ou parmi les experts inscrits sur une des listes établies par les cours et…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules governing the devolution of surnames and customary names

Article 311-23

…e second parent-child relationship is established and then during the child's minority, the parents may, by joint declaration before the civil registrar, choose either to substitute the surname of the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Searching the directory

Article R53-21-9

…e execution of the sentence, or in the context of a security measure or a psychiatric care measure; 2° The experts or persons appointed by the multidisciplinary committee for security measures to carr…

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

Article 212-32

…g the year of application, a literary work of fiction or an essay published by a national publisher;2° Submit a screenplay by an author who has written at least one feature-length film that has been s…

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

Article 212-31

…g the year of application, a literary work of fiction or an essay published by a national publisher;2° Where the rewrite concerns a screenplay that is not the author's first screenplay, proof of havin…

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

Article 231-30

…meeting in a regional formation. The Chairman of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée may, if he considers it useful, consult the national arthouse film commission for a further review.…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Clarifying the encrypted data needed to establish the truth

Article 230-3

On completion of the operations or as soon as it appears that such operations are technically impossible or on expiry of the prescribed time limit or on receipt of the stop order from the public prose…

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