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Showing 911920 of 63726 articles for Art. L 144-12 · Cass. com. 18 March 2020 n° 18-22.050 · Cass. 3e civ. 1 June 2011 · Cass. com. 16 June 1992

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 321-18

Support for the pre-production of immersive works is awarded on the basis of the following criteria:1° The quality of the writing and the visual proposal;2° The suitability of the project for the targ…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 421-18

Selective financial aid is awarded to production companies for the initial filming and pre-editing of a creative documentary, particularly with a view to seeking funding.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 722-18

Selective financial aid is awarded either for the promotion abroad of specific audiovisual works or for the promotion abroad of the companies' catalogue of works referred to in article 722-6. This aid…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Professional non-trading companies

Article R422-18

Membership shares may not be pledged. Their nominal amount may not be less than 152.45 euros. Interest shares allocated to contributors in industry are non-transferable. They are cancelled when their…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Organisation at national level

Article R1114-18

The Union nationale des associations agréées d'usagers du système de santé (National Union of Approved Associations of Users of the Healthcare System) referred to in article L. 1114-6 is made up of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definitions and special conditions

Article R1125-18

For any application for authorisation for research involving the human person carried out in the context of medically assisted procreation, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Approval of the plan.

Article R626-18

The court shall rule before the expiry of the periods provided for in Article L. 621-3. When a draft plan is not presented in due time, the court may be asked to close the proceedings by the public pr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Transfer of the business.

Article R642-18

The liquidator points out, in a report sent to the juge-commissaire and the procureur de la République and filed with the court registry, the non-performance of the plan by the assignee. For the appli…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Accounting and financial provisions

Article D1611-18

The mandate shall specify in particular:1° The nature of the operations to which the mandate relates;2° The duration of the mandate and the conditions of its possible termination;3° The powers of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Actions against the Office.

Article R3122-18

The clerk's office notifies the parties to the proceedings and, where applicable, the lawyers, of the Court of Appeal's judgment by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.

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