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Showing 161–170 of 47447 articles for “Art. 3 mai 2011”
Any French person domiciled on the date of independence in the territory of a State which had previously had the status of an overseas department or territory of the Republic, shall retain its nationa…
Parentage is proved by the child's birth certificate, by the acknowledgement certificate or by the notoriety certificate establishing possession of status. If an action is brought pursuant to Chapter…
…f the accused, the proceedings shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of the articles 306 to 379-1, with the exception of the provisions relating to the examination or presence of the ac…
The functions of the public prosecutor at the criminal court are performed by the public prosecutor or one of his deputies; those of the registry by a clerk of the judicial court.
The application for registration must state the title, genre and duration of the work in question.It must be accompanied by:1° Either a broadcast certificate or a certificate of availability to the pu…
The sums representing the automatic financial aid to which production companies are entitled are calculated on the basis of the value of the minute produced, known as the "minute point", defined as th…
…cle…
Selective financial aid is awarded to authors for the conception of a formalised version and for the writing of an elaborated version of audiovisual work projects. For the application of the provision…
For each reference work, the sum representing the automatic financial assistance calculated is obtained by multiplying the value of the minute point by its weighted duration.
When two works are made simultaneously from common artistic and technical elements, one intended for first showing in cinemas, the other, longer, intended for first showing on a television service or…
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