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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 Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Exceptional aid to programming groups and agreements

Article 919-70

…percentage corresponding to the share of turnover of this grouping or the lead company in this cartel.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Exceptional aid to programming groups and agreements

Article 919-72

The decision of the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée specifies the amount of aid awarded and the terms of payment.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Exceptional aid to programming groups and agreements

Article 919-73

The granting of the exceptional aid is subject to the provisions of exempted framework scheme No SA.42681, relating to aid for culture and heritage conservation for the period 2014-2023, adopted on th…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Exceptional aid to programming groups and agreements

Article 919-71

In order to obtain the aid, the consortia and companies leading the agreements must submit the form drawn up by the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée electronically by 31 October 2021 at…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article R311-7

…meetings of the commission are not public. However, the committee may hear any person it deems useful. The committee shall draw up its own rules of procedure. The committee's decisions shall be publis…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions common to performers and phonogram producers

Article R214-7

…meetings of the commission are not public. However, the committee may hear any person it deems useful. The committee shall draw up its own rules of procedure. The committee's decisions shall be publis…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Issue and maintenance of plant variety certificates

Article R623-7

If the variety has already been the subject of an application for protection in another State with a member of the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants and if a denominati…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Measures imposed

Article R733-7

The benefit of the measures imposed by the commission, pursuant to the provisions of article L. 733-4, may not be invoked more than two months after the debtor has been summoned to pay the amount of t…

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