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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter V: Distribution of funds outside of enforcement proceedings.

Article 1281-8

In the absence of conciliation, the person in charge of distribution shall record the points of disagreement.The sums put into distribution shall be immediately deposited, if they are not already depo…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter XI: Legal support measures.

Article 1262-8

When the guardianship judge orders a legal protection measure, he informs the legal representative for the protection of adults carrying out the legal support measure by any means.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Conditions, procedures for issuing authorisation and related obligations

Article D1-12-8

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Informing the person entered in the file

Article R53-8-12

…lacement under judicial supervision as provided for in 5° of Article 706-53-2, informing the person and providing the document provided for in Article R. 53-8-9 are made by the investigating judge who…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Export transactions

Article R442-8-12

…the conditions referred to in Article R. 442-8-10 is subject to the signature by this organisation and the credit insurer: 1° A reinsurance treaty defining the terms and conditions for issuing and im…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXV BIS: Procedure applicable to serial or unsolved crimes

Article D47-12-8

…concurrent jurisdiction throughout France with that resulting from the application of articles 43,52and 382 for the investigation, prosecution, trial and judgment of the crimes provided for in article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Special provisions.

Article R5141-123-8

…ained marketing authorisation in France, provided that these differences have no therapeutic impact and do not entail any risk to public health.II. - The labelling of the proprietary veterinary medici…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Informing the person entered in the file

Article R53-8-12-1

In the cases provided for by 6° of Article 706-53-2, the person must be informed and provided with the document provided for by Article R. 53-8-9 are made, under the conditions set out in the third an…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Payment of social security contributions

Article 122-12

…ons towards the bodies responsible for collecting the social security contributions mentioned below and, where applicable, will note any non-compliance, in particular by means of the following certifi…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special provisions for the automatic cinema production account

Article 123-12

…not a delegated production company has applied to invest the sums entered in its automatic account and, subsequent to this application, no longer meets the conditions of eligibility for automatic fin…

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