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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Grounds for refusal of recognition and enforcement

Article 728-33

Enforcement of the sentencing decision may be refused in the following cases: 1° The sentencing decision is based on offences committed wholly, mainly or for the most part on French territory or in an…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Grounds for refusal of recognition and enforcement

Article 728-31

Recognition and enforcement on French territory of a conviction handed down by the court of another Member State may be refused only in the cases provided for in Articles 728-32 and 728-33. The decisi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single title

Article R811-3

Subject to the adaptations provided for by Article R. 811-3, the following shall apply in the French Southern and Antarctic Territories:1° The provisions of Book I with the exception of Article R. 133…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 311-23

For works belonging to the creative documentary genre, the allocation of selective financial aid for production and preparation is subject to the provisions of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 o…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 311-24

For works belonging to the fiction genre, the award of selective financial aid for production and preparation is subject to the provisions of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 dec…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Other forms of intermunicipal cooperation

Article L5842-31

The provisions of Chapter I of Title II of Book II of Part Five mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia, in the wording indicated in the right-hand column…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: General safety measures

Article R4462-9

I.-Without prejudice to the provisions of articles R. 4227-28 to R. 4227-33, the following fire-fighting measures are taken for fixed installations within the pyrotechnic enclosure: 1° The immediate s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Legal structures

Article L6223-3

The company operating a private medical biology laboratory is registered : 1° On the roll of the Order of Physicians in accordance with the terms and conditions laid down in Chapter II of Title I of B…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter II: Special provisions for residential or business premises

Article R412-3

For the application of the provisions of article…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Payment of a bonus

Article R2171-21

When the design-build contract or the global performance contract meets a need whose estimated value exceeds the formal procedure thresholds and when its award procedure involves a jury, the premium i…

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