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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Qualifying conditions

Article A742-18

The jury will draw up a list of candidates declared admitted. The Conseil national des greffiers des tribunaux de commerce will notify candidates individually of the results of the tests; it will issu…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Qualifying conditions

Article A742-17

…cient of 2.Admission is decided by the selection board on the basis of the average obtained by the candidate in all the written and oral tests, provided that this average is equal to or higher than 10…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Transport, searches and seizures

Article 97-1

…the purposes of executing the letters rogatory, carry out the operations provided for by Article 57-1.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Transport, searches and seizures

Article 93-1

…a foreign State or a European investigation order addressed to a Member State of the European Union and with the agreement of the competent authorities of the State concerned, travel with his clerk to…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Transport, searches and seizures

Article 99-1

When, in the course of legal proceedings or the checks referred to in article L. 214-23 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code, one or more live animals have been seized or removed for any reason what…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-section 3: Working conditions of the pharmacists or veterinary surgeons responsible and delegated.

Article R5142-17-1

In the companies and their establishments mentioned in 3° of article R. 5142-1, the pharmacist or veterinarian in charge and the delegated pharmacist(s) or veterinarian(s) must provide proof of at lea…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Definitive approval

Article D331-13

The application for final approval is submitted by the delegated production company after completion of the cinematographic or audiovisual work. In the case of a delegated co-production, the applicati…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Definitive approval

Article D331-15

…to each of the two production companies. This decision states that, in the light of the information and supporting documents mentioned in…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Definitive approval

Article D331-16

For audiovisual works, the date of completion is the date shown on the certificate of acceptance of the final version by a television service publisher.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Definitive approval

Article D331-14

The application for final approval must be accompanied by the following supporting documents:1° An accounting document certified by an auditor indicating the final cost of the cinematographic or audio…

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