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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single section: Geographical indications protecting industrial and craft products

Article R721-9

The accredited bodies carrying out the inspection operations provided for in Article L. 721-9 at the request of the defence and management organisation or an operator, are third-party bodies, independ…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Cancellation and rectification of civil status records

Article 99-2

The persons authorised to perform the duties of civil registrars to draw up the acts mentioned in articles 98 to 98-2 may proceed with the administrative rectification of purely material errors and om…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Cancellation and rectification of civil status records

Article 99-1

The civil registrar rectifies purely material errors or omissions vitiating the statements and entries made in the margins of the civil status records for which he or she is the custodian and the list…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Inclusion on the list of high-level trainers

Article R221-9

The status of top level coach is obtained by inclusion on the list of top level coaches drawn up by the Minister for Sport, on the recommendation of the relevant delegating federation, after consultat…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 3: Form, statements and registration of retail declarations.

Article 99 bis

For the application of this Code, and in particular of duties and taxes, prohibitions and other measures, declarations lodged in advance only take effect, with all the consequences attached to registr…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: General conditions of employment, recruitment and grading

Article R113-9

Contractual agents of the establishment appointed to a post in a category or class higher than that to which they belonged or to a management post are classified at a step with an index equal to or, f…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Rights and obligations of undivided co-owners.

Article 815-9

…use and enjoy the undivided property in accordance with its intended purpose, to the extent compatible with the rights of the other undivided co-owners and with the effect of acts regularly entered in…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Coverage of cash requirements and investment financing

Article 916-19

The aid awarded in the form of a grant is intended to cover current cash flow requirements.The aid awarded in the form of an advance is intended to finance the works, investments or training referred…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Coverage of cash requirements and investment financing

Article 916-21

For the grant to be awarded, operators of cinemas must complete and submit electronically, by 31 October 2021 at the latest, a form drawn up by the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée. For…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Coverage of cash requirements and investment financing

Article 916-15

In order to support the film exhibition sector, which has been particularly affected by the covid-19 epidemic and its economic and financial consequences, exceptional aid is being granted in the form…

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