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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: Allocation of financial aid

Article D311-2

…nimée is awarded automatically to persons who meet the conditions for receiving it.It gives rise to:1° Either the calculation and entry of sums in a nominative account opened in the institution's book…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and eligibility criteria

Article 411-90

Works that have already received:1° either pre-production production support;2° or production programme support;3° or, for works in the creative documentary genre, support for the production of audiov…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: Purpose and award conditions

Article 432-3

Recipients of aid must:1° Either have at least 10,000 subscribers on a single digital channel at the date of the application for aid;2° Or have directed or produced a work that has won a prize at a fe…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR LOCAL AUTHORITIES GOVERNED BY ARTICLE 73 OF THE CONSTITUTION AND FOR SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON

Article R361-2

…f this book in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Réunion, Mayotte and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon:1° References to the Prefect are replaced by references to the State representative in the local aut…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-trial detention

Article 144

…ed in the case of placement under judicial supervision or house arrest with electronic surveillance:1° To preserve evidence or material clues that are necessary to establish the truth;2° To prevent pr…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Notices of hearing

Article 1225

…f the judge considers it useful, to one or more of the relatives referred to in Articles 430 et 494-1 du même code. The meeting is convened by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. Howeve…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: The inventory.

Article 1330

…a notary, by the laws and regulations applicable to these professions, the inventory shall contain:1° The surname, first names, profession and domicile of the claimant or claimants, of the persons ap…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Specific provisions applicable to clinical investigations of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1125-1

I.-The clinical investigations of the devices mentioned in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 are governed by the provisions of the afo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L1511-1-1

…ategies, as decided by the Interministerial Committee for Territorial Development and Competitiveness. Any territorial authority or group of territorial authorities that has granted aid to a company i…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Regulations

Article L611-1-1

…sponsible for the economy shall lay down rules for payment institutions, in particular concerning : 1° The amount of capital of payment institutions ; 2° The terms and conditions under which a change…

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