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

Article 212-8

The amount of the direct grant is set at €10,000 per project.If there is more than one author for the same project, this amount is divided between the authors on the basis of the agreements between th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Appeal procedures

Article L621-30

Appeals against individual decisions of the Autorité des marchés financiers, other than those relating to the persons and entities referred to in II of Article L. 621-9, including the penalties impose…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Operating rules

Article D621-30

For the application of 2° of II of Article L. 621-5-3, issuers liable for the contribution must declare each year, at the end of the twelve-month period following publication of the visa, the amount o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 4: Rights of persons detained in socio-medico-judicial security centres

Article R53-8-74

…sident of the regional court for secure detention, on referral from the sentence enforcement judge, may issue a search order against a detainee: 1° Who evades the detention measure to which he or she…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Surveillance

Article 706-80-2

…or proceeds derived from the commission of one of the offences falling within the scope of Articles 706-73,706-73-1or 706-74 or used to commit them, and where the needs of the investigation or enquiry…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Surveillance

Article 706-80-1

…for suspecting persons of having committed one of the offences falling within the scope of Articles 706-73,706-73-1 or 706-74, in the context of a surveillance operation, and when required by the need…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Police custody

Article 706-88-1

…or that the requirements of international cooperation make this imperative, the juge des libertés may, exceptionally and in accordance with the procedures set out in the second paragraph of Article…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Compensation for damage by the court and enforcement of the judgment

Article 849-18

…rcement Procedures, for the compulsory enforcement of the judgment rendered on the basis of Article 71 or Article 73 of the aforementioned Law of 18 November 2016.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 4: Rights of persons detained in socio-medico-judicial security centres

Article R53-8-71

…of the public health establishment and the public prosecutor. The public prosecutor or the detainee may appeal against these orders to the president of the regional security detention court within fiv…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Involvement of the State representative in the département

Article R1334-29-8

…15, in the event of non-compliance with the identification obligations defined in articles R. 1334-17 to R. 1334-19, to carry out dust measurements, to monitor the state of conservation of materials,…

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