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Showing 43114320 of 37285 articles for Art. n° 20-20619 · Cass. com. 29 May 2024

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter V: Provisions relating to financial assistance for the promotion of audiovisual works abroad

Article 915-2

For applications for selective aid for the promotion of audiovisual works abroad submitted to the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée between 20 July 2020 and 31 December 2021, in addition…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Supplementary protection certificate

Article R617-2

The articles R. 611-18 to R. 611-20, R. 612-1, R. 612-2, R. 612-5 (1°), R. 612-6, R. 612-7, R. 612-36, R. 612-38, R. 612-52, R. 612-71 (paragraphs 1 and 2), R. 612-72, R. 613-45 to R. 613-59 and R. 61…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: Local authorities

Article L2573-24

I.-The articles L. 2221-1 to L. 2221-7and L. 2221-9 to L. 2221-20 are applicable to the communes of French Polynesia subject to the adaptations provided for in II and III. II.-For the application of A…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Powers (R).

Article R2511-4

For the application of article L. 2511-20, the provisions of articles R. 2511-5 to R. 2511-16 apply to the following dwellings: 1° Dwellings owned or usufructuated by the municipality; 2° All dwelling…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Common provisions

Article 712-21

…ption of reductions in sentence not leading to immediate release and escorted leave authorisations, may not be granted without a prior psychiatric assessment to a person who has been sentenced to soci…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The person responsible

Article R1261-15

…cture is created in accordance with the third paragraph of article R. 1261-11, the person in charge may be appointed from among the staff of the associated institution belonging to one of the bodies o…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 4: Provisions common to the remuneration of the administrator, the administrator responsible for the implementation of the plan, the mandataire judiciaire and the liquidator.

Article R663-34

…il they have been finally determined by the president of the court or his delegate. No remuneration may be received by the liquidator after approval of his end-of-assignment report, without prejudice…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Creation, extension and conversion.

Article R2324-24

…f one month from receipt of the request for modification, the President of the Departmental Council may refuse the modification or issue an unfavourable opinion on its implementation. Failure to respo…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Dormant accounts

Article R312-19

…I of article L. 312-19, the institutions mentioned in the first paragraph of I of article L. 312-19 may in particular obtain, directly or through the intermediary of a person mandated for this purpose…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Compensation for victims of acts of terrorism and other offences.

Article L422-1

…of article R. 321-1, as amended on the date of publication of the amending finance law 2013-1279 of 29 December 2013, and taken out with a company mentioned in article L. 310-2. The amount of the cont…

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