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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 695-9-6

The freezing order and the certificate shall, subject to the provisions of the second paragraph, be transmitted directly by the judicial authority of the issuing State to the judicial authority of the…

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

Article 421-23

…rst shoot and pre-editing, as well as proof of the expenses incurred, within eighteen months of the decision to grant the aid.In exceptional circumstances and at the reasoned request of the production…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: The trade union committee.

Article L5212-8

The decision to establish or an amending decision may provide that the delegates appointed by the municipal councils of the communes that are members of the syndicat shall constitute a college for the…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 1: Procedure before the Court of Review

Article 1031-13

…e submitted to the registry within the time limit for filing the statement of case:1° A copy of the decisions referred to in 4° and 5° of Article 1031-9 ;2° A copy of the service of these decisions on…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Educational assistance

Article 1191

The judge's decisions may be appealed:by the parents or one of them, the guardian or the person or service to whom the child has been entrusted until the expiry of a period of fifteen days following n…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 2: Sentences rendered abroad

Article 1525

An appeal may be lodged against a decision ruling on an application for recognition or enforcement of an arbitral award made abroad. An appeal shall be lodged within one month of service of the decisi…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Specific provisions for public transport companies and commercial vehicle hire companies.

Article D144-3

When the entry into force of the management lease contract is subject to an administrative decision by virtue of legislative and regulatory texts relating to the coordination of transport, the two-wee…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Retention period for data entered in the register and procedures for deleting them

Article R53-21-22

…a) Upon expiry of the period provided for in Article R. 53-21-20 ; b) When informed of one of the decisions mentioned in article R. 53-21-21; c) When informed of the death of the person concerned; d…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Admission of claims.

Article R624-3

Decisions to admit claims without objection are evidenced by the official receiver's signature on the list of claims drawn up by the mandataire judiciaire. The court clerk notifies the creditors or th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Exercise by a taxpayer of shares belonging to the municipality.

Article R2132-1

…ief to the mayor, inviting him to submit it to the municipal council. The administrative tribunal's decision is handed down within two months of the application for authorisation being lodged. Any dec…

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