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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions common to protected adults

Article 415

Persons of full age shall receive such protection of their person and property as their condition or situation makes necessary, in accordance with the procedures laid down in this Title. Such protecti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Realisation of assets.

Article R642-40

In application of Article L. 642-22-1, transfers of businesses and realisations of assets are publicised by the mandataires de justice by means of a computer service accessible via the internet.Any tr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Preventing business difficulties, ad hoc mandates and conciliation procedures.

Article R611-40

The persons called to the homologation hearing pursuant to the first paragraph of Article L. 611-9 may inspect the agreement at the court registry. The judgment does not repeat the terms of the agreem…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R5126-40

Whatever the cause and duration of his absence, the pharmacist responsible for managing the pharmacy for internal use shall be replaced under the conditions defined by the statutory provisions applica…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Recruitment.

Article R6152-409

Contractual practitioners in public health establishments maintain and improve their knowledge.They fulfil the obligation of continuing professional development defined in articles L. 4021-1 to L. 402…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article R53-40-1

The separate file and register provided for in article 230-40 shall be kept by the president of the judicial court or the judge delegated by him. They may only be communicated to the liberty and custo…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Common provisions

Article R211-41

The secretariat of the classification committees and the classification commission is provided by the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Programming projects representing programming commitments

Article R212-41

Each year, the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée draws up a list of cinema operators who have notified a programming project.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions relating to the creation process

Article D331-41

For the purposes of the points scales set out in this paragraph : 1° "Main venues" means the five venues with the greatest number of scenes; 2° "French-speaking country" means any member state of the…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Approval of investments

Article 211-41

The investment of sums held in their automatic cinema production account by production companies for the production of long-running cinematographic works is subject to the issue of an investment autho…

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