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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Notification of the decision

Article R4234-35

…ions and orders are communicated by any means giving a certain date of receipt, as soon as they are final and enforceable, to the president of the university, to the director of the training and resea…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Temporary documents issued when applying for a residence permit

Article L431-3

…sional residence permit authorises the foreign national's presence in France without prejudging the final decision that will be taken with regard to their right to residence. Subject to the exceptions…

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

Article 211-105

The final award decision is taken after setting the amount of aid, determined after the opinion of the costing committee mentioned in Article…

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

Article 211-118

The final award decision is taken after setting 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
Subsection 5: Payment of the price

Article R322-58

…ovided to the court clerk's office before the expiry of a period of two months from the date of the final award, failing which the bids may be repeated. Any stipulation to the contrary is deemed unwri…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Decisions that may be challenged and conditions of appeal

Article 574

…where it rules, of its own motion or on a plea by the parties, on jurisdiction or where it sets out final provisions which the court, hearing the pre-trial proceedings, does not have the power to amen…

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

Article 411-28

The final award decision is taken after setting the amount of aid, determined after consulting a costing committee made up of the chairman or vice-chairman of one of the two pre-production production…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Measures to boost cinema distribution

Article 916-13

…creased to four hundred and by way of derogation from 5° of the same article, the minimum amount of final distribution expenses is reduced to €35,000.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Personal bankruptcy and other prohibition measures.

Article L653-10

…ual to that of the personal bankruptcy, up to a maximum of five years. When the decision has become final, the Public Prosecutor notifies the interested party of the incapacity, which takes effect fro…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Criminal penalties

Article 1838

…the event of a repeat offence within ten years of a previous disciplinary decision that has become final, a public or ministerial officer who is found to have, in any way, been complicit in manoeuvre…

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