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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 321-35

The beneficiary of aid for collective operations has a period of twelve months from the signing of the agreement to provide the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée with proof that the opera…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 6: Advisory Committee

Article 321-36

The Immersive Works Commission is made up of nineteen members, including a chairman and two vice-chairmen, appointed for a renewable term of two years.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 6: Advisory Committee

Article 321-37

The Commission is made up of two colleges sitting separately.The first college comprises the Chairman, a Vice-Chairman and eight other members. It is responsible for examining applications for writing…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Preliminary chapter: General provisions

Article 321 bis

The public accountant charges the partial payment of a debt governed by this code in accordance with the provisions of article L. 257 C of the tax procedures book.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: The National Register of Companies

Article D123-321

The amounts of the fees payable pursuant to Article L. 123-54 are set, for each formality, by the tables in Appendix 1-4 of this book. No fee is payable in the event of amendments made by the keeper o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General duties of midwives.

Article R4127-321

Any competition between midwives and doctors, pharmacists, medical auxiliaries or any other persons, even those not involved in medicine, is prohibited.Competition is understood to mean intelligence b…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article D321-2-1

I.-In the event of application of the sixth and seventh sentences of the fifth paragraph of article 199 decies E of the General Tax Code or of the last paragraph of 4 of article 199 decies F of the sa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Composition.

Article R6152-321

Hospital practitioners practising in the discipline corresponding to a section are eligible to vote. Practitioners in a position of availability are not eligible to vote. Voter status is determined: 1…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Classification.

Article D321-7-1

The classification decision referred to in Article D. 321-6 may be revoked or amended for the remaining period of the initial decision if, following an adversarial procedure initiated by the body refe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article L321-10

The operators referred to in Article L. 321-4 shall keep a daily register pursuant to Articles 321-7 and 321-8 of the Penal Code as well as a directory in which they record their minutes. They must ke…

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