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

Article 211-129

The decision to grant aid lapses if filming does not begin within a maximum of twenty-four months from the date of notification to the beneficiary. In exceptional circumstances, and at the reasoned re…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Interpreters and translators

Article R141-10

Reasons must be given for any decision to refuse registration, to withdraw or to strike off the list taken on the basis of article R. 141-7, R. 141-8 or R. 141-9. Except in cases where they are made a…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions for examining the application

Article R531-7

When a decision cannot be made within the six-month period, the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons shall inform the person concerned at least fifteen days before the ex…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 9: Charges for the removal of waste, refuse and residues, charges for the removal of household refuse from campsites and special charges

Article L2333-79

…d for in article L. 2333-77.This abolition takes effect:- from 1st January of the year in which the decision was made if this decision was made before 1st March;- from 1st January of the following yea…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L4231-8-1

Where Article L. 4231-8, the decision of the Regional Council or the Permanent Commission instructing the President of the Regional Council to award a specific contract or framework agreement may be t…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: The procedure for revoking a simple adoption

Article 1177-1

…een days of the date on which it becomes res judicata, at the request of the public prosecutor, the decision revoking the simple adoption is entered in the margin of the adopted person's birth certifi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definition of the regulated market and the market undertaking.

Article D421-4

The decision to appoint a trustee shall specify the foreseeable duration of the assignment and the terms on which the market undertaking will remunerate the trustee, taking into account the nature and…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Simplified judicial liquidation.

Article R644-3

The decision by which the official receiver rules on challenges to the statement of claims supplemented by the proposed distribution shall be subject to the publicity measures provided for in Article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Amendment of the Articles of Association.

Article R4113-65

In the cases provided for in articles R. 4113-63 and R. 4113-64, the Departmental Council makes its decision in the same way as for registration. The provisions of articles R. 4113-28 and R. 4113-30 a…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Nature and conditions of granting

Article R5141-16

…ent to the Prefect. The Prefect issues the applicant with an acknowledgement of receipt and makes a decision on the application within two months of the date of receipt. The applicant is notified of t…

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