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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Investment in production

Article 311-61

The production company has a period of three years from the date of issue of the prior authorisation to obtain final authorisation.If this period is not respected, the production company is obliged to…

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

Article 311-90

The production company has a period of three years from the date of issue of the prior authorisation to obtain the final authorisation.If this period is not respected, the production company is requir…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Tie-breaking

Article R1454-31

…eciding judge informs the parties of the date on which the judgment will be handed down, where applicable by making it available at the court registry.If the president decides to postpone the delivery…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 10: Rights of the seller of furniture, claims and restitutions.

Article R641-31

…24-15 shall apply to judicial liquidation proceedings subject to the following provisions: The application made on the basis of articles L. 624-9, L. 624-10, L. 624-18 or L. 624-19 shall be sent to th…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Penalty procedure

Article R321-31

As part of the checks carried out pursuant to 2° of Article L. 327-1, the representative of the supervisory board draws up reports stating the nature, date and location of the observations made. They…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Operation.

Article R6152-314

The rapporteur shall investigate the case by all means likely to enlighten the Disciplinary Board; he shall draw up a written report containing a statement of the facts and the arguments of the partie…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 4: Prevention of risks arising from the use of personal protective equipment for sports or leisure activities

Article R322-31

PPE-LS is classified into two categories, the obligations of which are defined below. 1° Category 1 PPE-LS is equipment of simple design, where the designer assumes that the user can judge for himself…

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

Article 212-31

To be eligible for screenplay rewriting grants, authors must, depending on the case :1° Where the rewrite concerns a first screenplay, provide evidence of artistic experience in the film or audiovisua…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Procedure.

Article R145-31

…ll notify the parties by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt of the date on which the case will be resumed and the date on which the pleadings made after the investigative measure has be…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: General provisions relating to elections to the disciplinary boards of New Caledonia and French Polynesia

Article D4443-31

…es to be opened corresponds to the number of votes recorded on the voters' list. If this is not the case, the counting of these votes is repeated.The ballot papers are then extracted from the envelope…

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