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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Exceptional aid to help offset the fall in activity in 2020

Article 919-31

…o the provisions of national framework scheme no. SA.59722 authorised by the European Commission by decisions of 9 December 2020, 20 May 2020 C(2020) 3460 and 25 May 2020 C(2020) 3532, on the basis of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Economic interest groupings under French law.

Article L251-19

…ssolved: 1° By the expiry of the term; 2° By the achievement or extinction of its object; 3° By the decision of its members under the conditions provided for in Article L. 251-10; 4° By court decision…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Appeal procedures.

Article L661-3

Decisions adopting or amending the safeguard or recovery plan or rejecting the resolution of this plan are subject to third-party opposition. The judgment ruling on the third-party objection is subjec…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Simplified group action procedure

Article L623-15

…ent by the trader and in accordance with the procedures and within the period set by the judge, the decision referred to in article L. 623-14, when it is no longer subject to ordinary appeal or to an…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IV: Common provisions.

Article 1022-1

…rties are exempted from the assistance of a lawyer at the Conseil d'Etat and the Cour de cassation, decisions of cassation are notified by the registry of the Cour de cassation by registered letter wi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Repayable advance.

Article L5141-2

…d over registered on the jobseekers' list may benefit from financial assistance from the State. The decision to grant this aid implies a decision to grant the rights mentioned inarticle L. 131-6-4 of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Administrative appeal

Article R1253-12

The decision to object may be appealed to the Regional Director of Enterprises, Competition, Consumption, Labour and Employment. Where the monitoring of compliance with labour regulations by members o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 9: Compensation for victims of injury resulting from contamination by the hepatitis C virus caused by a transfusion of blood products or an injection of blood-derived medicinal products

Article R1221-73

…ate on which it receives a complete file, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. The decisions of the Office rejecting the claim for compensation in whole or in part shall state the rea…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Registration system

Article R1333-117

…ural or legal person responsible for the nuclear activity and is not transferable. The registration decision includes, where appropriate, any adjustments requested by the person responsible for the nu…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 9: Rights of the debtor's spouse.

Article R631-30

The debtor's spouse shall be heard or duly summoned before any decision ordering or authorising the sale of community property. Where, in the course of the proceedings, the dissolution of the communit…

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