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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Corporate mutual funds governed by article L. 214-165-1

Article R214-214-2

By way of derogation from I and II of article R. 214-32-29, corporate mutual funds may hold, without limitation, transferable securities issued by the company or by a company belonging to the same gro…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition of the classification committee

Article R211-29

In addition to the chairman and deputy chairman of the committee, the film classification committee comprises twenty-seven full members and fifty-four deputy members divided into four colleges.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Paragraph 1: Board of Directors

Article R121-20

…Article R. 121-29, the deliberations of the Board of Directors of the French Office for Immigration and Integration are enforceable by operation of law fifteen days after their receipt by the minister…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Qualifications for jury service

Article 255

Only citizens of either sex, aged over twenty-three, who can read and write in French, enjoy political, civil and family rights, and are not in any of the cases of incapacity or incompatibility listed…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Qualifications for jury service

Article 256

…r a felony or misdemeanour; 2° (Repealed); 3° Those who are in a state of indictment or in absentia and those who are under warrant of committal or arrest; 4° Civil servants and agents of the State, d…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Qualifications for jury service

Article 258

Persons over the age of seventy or who do not have their main residence in the department in which the assize court has its seat may be exempted from jury duty when they apply to the commission provid…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Qualifications for jury service

Article 257

…the Government, of Parliament, of the Constitutional Council, of the High Council of the Judiciary and of the Economic, Social and Environmental Council; 2° Member of the Council of State or of the C…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article D6124-27

…e following sectors: 1° A reception area with at least one room for patients' relatives to relax in and a room dedicated to discussions between the care team and families, with due regard for confiden…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Calculation of amounts recorded in the automatic cinema production account

Article 211-24

The amounts representing automatic financial assistance to which production companies are entitled are calculated in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions.

Article R214-210

…es L. 214-24-29, L. 214-24-33, L. 214-24-34, L. 214-24-41, L. 214-24-55, R. 214-32-33, R. 214-32-35 and R. 214-32-40 as well as this paragraph are applicable to each of the sub-funds of company mutual…

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