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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Trial of crimes

Article 919

For the application of Article 266, sixteen jurors, whose names are drawn from the annual list, form the list for the session. In addition, the names of three alternate jurors are drawn from the speci…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Increased rates for calculating sums representing automatic aid

Article 919-13

…of cinematographic establishments of the implementation of the health pass, provided for by decree n° 2021-699 of 1st June 2021 prescribing the general measures necessary for the management of the en…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 11: Account overdrafts

Article L312-91

If the credit agreement so provides, the lender has the option of terminating the open-ended overdraft authorisation subject to at least two months' notice being provided to the borrower on paper or o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Promotion and remuneration

Article D6152-913

The bonuses and allowances mentioned in 2° of Article R. 6152-912 are : 1° Indemnities for participation in on-call care ; 2° Flat-rate allowances for any period of additional voluntary work beyond th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 6: Transferable securities giving access to the capital or giving entitlement to the allotment of debt securities.

Article R228-91

For the application of 3° of article L. 228-99, the adjustment equalises, to the nearest hundredth of a share, the value of the securities that are obtained in the event of the exercise of the rights…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: General scheme

Article L214-91

In the case of contributions in kind and the stipulation of special benefits for the benefit of associates or non-associates, a contribution auditor is appointed by court order, at the request of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Nullity, dissolution and liquidation.

Article R4113-91

In the event of dissolution on expiry of the term or by decision of the shareholders, the liquidator, if not designated in the Articles of Association, shall be appointed by the shareholders by a majo…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: Ordinary procedure.

Article 910-3

In the event of force majeure, the President of the Chamber or the Conseiller de la mise en état may waive the application of the sanctions provided for in Articles 905-2 and 908 to 911.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Duties towards patients

Article R4321-91

Independently of the personal medical file provided for in article L. 161-36-1 of the Social Security Code, the masseur-physiotherapist keeps a personal file for each patient; it is confidential and c…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions relating to the compensation fund for the interruption or abandonment of film or audiovisual shoots due to the covid-19 epidemic

Article 913-5

Assistance from the compensation fund is granted:1° When the interruption in the filming of a cinematographic or audiovisual work is the direct result of one of the following events:a) One or more per…

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