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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Exclusion of works or documents of a pornographic nature or inciting to violence

Article D311-4

Financial assistance from the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée may not be granted for or in respect of cinematographic, audiovisual or multimedia works or documents of a pornographic nat…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Changes in the situation of economic operators with regard to the grounds for exclusion

Article L2341-6

…of the procedure for the award of a contract, an economic operator is placed in one of the cases of exclusion mentioned in sections 1 and 2, it shall inform the purchaser of this change in situation w…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 4: Change in the situation of economic operators with regard to the grounds for exclusion

Article L3123-15

…ic operator is placed in one of the situations mentioned in subsections 1 to 3 of this section, it must inform the conceding authority of this change in situation without delay. In this case, the conc…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-section II: Lapsed estates.

Article 1354

The administration in charge of the estates is exempted from the need to use the services of a lawyer to request the dispatch of possession provided for in article 811 of the Civil Code. It arranges f…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Specific provisions applicable when the amount of eligible damage exceeds six million euros excluding tax

Article R1613-15

Where the amount of eligible damage exceeds six million euros excluding taxes, the maximum total amount of assistance provided by the solidarity grant for the equipment of local authorities and their…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Specific provisions applicable when the amount of eligible damage exceeds six million euros excluding tax

Article R1613-16

…ble for local authorities and the minister responsible for the budget an assessment of the damage caused by the event, a full list of the local authorities or groupings whose applications it is propos…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Specific provisions applicable when the amount of eligible damage exceeds six million euros excluding tax

Article R1613-18

…amage. If the sum of grants that may be awarded to local authorities or groupings exceeds the total amount mentioned in article R. 1613-17, the State representative sets the subsidies within the limit…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Specific provisions applicable when the amount of eligible damage exceeds six million euros excluding tax

Article R1613-17

…um rate of compensation within the range provided for in Article R. 1613-15 and decide on the total amount of subsidies that may be granted to local authorities and groupings in the same department de…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Estates which have lapsed.

Article 811-1

If the inventory provided for in Article 809-2 has not been drawn up, the administrative authority referred to in Article 809-1 shall proceed as provided for in article 809-2.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Estates which have lapsed.

Article 811-3

Where it has failed to complete the formalities incumbent upon it, the State may be ordered to pay damages to the heirs, if any.

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