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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Controlling epidemics and certain communicable diseases.

Article L3841-2

…art Three is applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia in the version resulting from Law no. 2022-1089 of 30 July 2022 putting an end to the exceptional regimes created to combat the epidemic l…

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

Article 212-31

…g the year of application, a literary work of fiction or an essay published by a national publisher;2° Where the rewrite concerns a screenplay that is not the author's first screenplay, proof of havin…

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

Article 212-32

…g the year of application, a literary work of fiction or an essay published by a national publisher;2° Submit a screenplay by an author who has written at least one feature-length film that has been s…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1 : Commission du cinéma d'art et d'essai

Article 231-40

…cinema commission comprises :1° The chairman of the national section of the art cinemas commission;2° The vice-chairman of the national section of the art cinemas commission;3° Four representatives o…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Investment of sums held in the automatic cinema distribution account

Article 222-13

…n of a feature film covered by 5° of article…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Purpose and award conditions

Article 831-2

…n particular with regard to the size of their liabilities and their short-term cash flow situation; 2° A doubling of the amount of the bill relating to energy consumption compared to that correspondin…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Exploitation rights

Article R613-27

The one-year period provided for in paragraph 2 of Article L. 613-18 runs from the day of receipt of the notification provided for in Article R. 613-26. The legitimate excuses provided for in paragrap…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Ordinary powers of investigation

Article R512-25

Except in the cases provided for in Articles R. 512-28 and R. 512-29, any sampling carried out pursuant to Article L. 511-16 includes at least three samples. A report is drawn up in accordance with th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Assessment of doses to the general public

Article R1333-24

…tissues and organs of the human body: 1° The calculation methods and weighting factors to be used ; 2° The conversion coefficient values for external exposure to ionising radiation; 3° The effective d…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: The institution and its missions

Article R741-23

…ion to the profession of commercial court clerk, under the conditions provided for in articles R. 742-6-1 and R. 742-6-2, the course validation interview, under the conditions set out in articles R. 7…

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