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Showing 66416650 of 17922 articles for Art. Lonsdale v Howard & Hallam [2007] UKHL 32

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

Article 211-118

…tting the amount of aid, determined after the opinion of the costing committee mentioned in Article…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Single chapter

Article R641-6

For the application to Wallis and Futuna of article…

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

Article 223-12

…the distribution of cinematographic works for which the distribution expenses mentioned in article…

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

Article 231-20

The amount of aid, resulting from the application of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Decision on recognition and enforcement and enforcement and appeals.

Article 728-52

…c prosecutor. When the Criminal Appeals Chamber considers raising one of the grounds for refusal provided for in 1° to 4°, 7°, 10° and 11° of article 728-32 or 1° of Article 728-33, there is no need t…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Implementation conditions.

Article L7122-24

The employer, who gives the employee and sends the State-authorised body the elements of the declaration provided for in article L. 7122-23 which are respectively intended for them, is deemed to have…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: General measures for the protection of business secrecy before civil or commercial courts

Article L153-2

Any person having access to a document or to the content of a document considered by the judge to be covered or likely to be covered by business secrecy shall be bound by an obligation of confidential…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: General measures for the protection of business secrecy before civil or commercial courts

Article L153-1

Where, in the course of civil or commercial proceedings relating to an investigative measure requested prior to any trial on the merits or in the course of proceedings on the merits, reference is made…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 4 : The impossibility for French nationals established outside France to celebrate their marriage abroad

Article 171-9

…4 and 165, where the future spouses of the same sex, at least one of whom has French nationality, have their domicile or residence in a country that does not authorise marriage between two persons of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Formation and performance of the employment contract.

Article L1531-3

…Martinique, Mayotte, La Réunion, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin or Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon who have been treated in New Caledonia, French Polynesia, Wallis and Futuna or the French Southern and Ant…

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