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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: The decision of the Court of Revision and Reconsideration

Article 624-7

…ence is time-barred, the bench of the Court of Revision and Reconsideration, after having expressly noted this, shall rule on the merits in the presence of the civil parties, if there were any at the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VI : Resource equalisation

Article L2336-3

…sources) is financed by a levy on the tax resources of intercommunal groupings and communes that do not belong to any tax grouping of their own in metropolitan France and the overseas departments with…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Acquisition of French nationality by marriage

Article 21-2

…ovided that at the date of this declaration the community of life, both affective and material, has not ceased between the spouses since the marriage and that the French spouse has retained his or her…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Proof of nationality before the courts

Article 30-2

…her and mother has been likely to transmit it to him have consistently enjoyed possession of French status.The French nationality of persons born in Mayotte, who were of age on 1 January 1994, will be…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Securities lending

Article L211-22

…1. The loan relates to financial securities; 2. The loan relates to financial securities which are not likely to be the subject, during the term of the loan, of the detachment of a right to a dividen…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 6: Consultation with elected representatives

Article L1434-15

…sidents of the department's public establishments for inter-communal cooperation with their own tax status and at least five mayors from the department designated by the departmental association of ma…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations of distributors

Article L251-5

…as well as for each territory of exploitation of the work abroad, except for those elements that cannot be individualized. Exploitation costs and their depreciation are only indicated when they are ta…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Installation and use of computerised ticketing systems

Article D212-80

…m the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée of the effective date of the operation and the status of the numbering counters.All information relating to computerised systems is sent by the Cen…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Register of unavailable books from the 20th century

Article Annexe à l'article R134-1

…as follows: 1. First names and surnames or pseudonyms of the author(s). 2. Details of the author's status (preface, illustrator, etc.). 3. Year of death of author(s). 4. Author identification number.…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 1832-2

A spouse may not, under the penalty provided for in article 1427, use joint property to make a contribution to a company or acquire non-negotiable company shares without his or her spouse having been…

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