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Showing 411420 of 8881 articles for Art. JO Sénat 9 September 2010

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IX: Enforcement procedures

Article 902

The first paragraph of Article

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Trial of crimes

Article 912

For the application of article 244, the criminal court is presided over by the president of the tribunal supérieur d'appel. In the event of a vacancy, absence, impediment or legal incompatibility, the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Promotion and remuneration

Article R6152-912-1

…supplementary pension scheme and equal to 40% of the emoluments mentioned in 1° of article R. 6152-912.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Promotion and remuneration

Article R6152-912-2

When they move to Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique, La Réunion, Mayotte, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin or Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, and when they return to metropolitan France after this assignment, th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Provisions adapting Book V.

Article L945-9

Article L. 525-18 is amended as follows: I.-In 1°, the reference to Decree no. 53-968 of 30 September 1953 is replaced by the reference to Decree no. 55-639 of 20 May 1955; II.-The 2° is worded as fol…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Provisions adapting Book V.

Article L935-9

Article L. 525-18 is amended as follows: I.-In 1°, the reference to Decree no. 53-968 of 30 September 1953 is replaced by the reference to Decree no. 55-639 of 20 May 1955. II.-The 2° is worded as fol…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Exceptional aid to help offset the loss of revenue resulting from the introduction of the health pass

Article 919-53

…distribution of cinematographic works that:1° Were released in cinemas between 14 July 2021 and 28 September 2021;2° Have not given rise to the issue of a distribution licence mentioned in article 22…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Measures to boost film production

Article 916-1

…enting the automatic financial aid to which they are entitled pursuant to article 211-25, between 2 September 2020 and 16 February 2021, are those set out in article 916-2.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Skills consolidation and adaptation courses

Article R6152-907-1

When the associate practitioner is assigned to work with a university-approved senior practitioner, an agreement is signed between the university hospital centre and the practitioner concerned. It set…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Duration of protection

Article L123-9

…tle of authors, composers or artists are extended by a period equal to that which elapsed between 3 September 1939 and 1 January 1948, for all works published before that date and not in the public do…

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