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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Advisory procedure

Article 122-5

Prior consultation with reading committees or readers is carried out in one of the following ways:1° Only projects that have received a favourable opinion from reading committees or readers are submit…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Application to change to part-time working under the phased retirement scheme

Article D3123-1-1

…istered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. The request shall specify the desired working hours and the planned effective date of part-time working. It shall be sent at least two months before thi…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Submission and processing of visa and travel authorisation applications

Article R312-1

The person applying for the issue of a visa is required to produce an identity photograph and to agree to his/her fingerprints being taken, for the purposes of registration in the automated processing…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Organisation and operation of the national plant variety authority

Article D412-11

…sible for the protection of plant varieties within the meaning of the stipulations of article 30(1)(ii) of the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants. To this end, the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Organisation and operation of the national plant variety authority

Article D412-12

Revenue and expenditure relating to the performance of tasks falling within the remit of the national plant variety authority are identifiable within the budget and accounts of the public interest gro…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Organisation and operation of the national plant variety authority

Article D412-13

…to the performance of the duties of the national plant variety authority are made up of: operating and equipment expenses, including those relating to the remuneration and travel expenses of the staf…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Organisation and operation of the national plant variety authority

Article D412-10

…issions falling within the remit of the national plant variety authority are:receiving, registering and examining applications for plant variety certificates and objections to the issue of certificate…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Compliance orders

Article L521-1

…partial non-compliance or late compliance, the administrative authority responsible for competition and consumer affairs may proceed, under the conditions provided for in Article L. 522-5, to liquidat…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Deliberations of the Assize Court

Article 365-1

…evidence which, for each of the acts with which the accused is charged, convinced the assize court and which was set out during the deliberations conducted by the court and jury pursuant to Article 3…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Deliberations of the Assize Court

Article 361-1

…he provisions of Article 349-1, the Assize Court has answered the first question in the affirmative and the second in the negative, it finds the accused guilty. If it has answered negatively to the fi…

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