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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Ordinary procedure.

Article 885

The application shall be made and the matter referred to the court by application delivered to or addressed to the court registry or by a bailiff's deed addressed to that registry in accordance with t…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Institution of proceedings by application

Article 757

In addition to the information prescribed by articles 54 and 57, the application must contain, on pain of nullity, a summary statement of the grounds for the application. The documents that the claima…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 5: National Patent Register

Article R613-58-1

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Radiation protection inspector

Article R1333-168

I.-The Nuclear Safety Authority appoints the radiation protection inspectors mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 1333-29 from among its staff, as defined inArticle 16 of Law No. 2017-55 of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Financial and accounting system.

Article R121-20

The establishment is subject to economic and financial control under the conditions laid down by decree no. 53-707 of 9 August 1953 relating to State control of national public companies and certain b…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Permanent derogations for young workers

Article R4153-51

Young workers may be assigned to drive self-propelled mobile work equipment and work equipment used for lifting if they have received the training provided for in Article R. 4323-55 and if they hold t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Specialised professional funds

Article L214-156

The General Regulation of the Autorité des marchés financiers shall determine in particular the conditions under which subscribers are informed of the investment rules specific to this specialised pro…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 311-25

For works belonging to the music video genre, the award of financial aid for production is subject to the provisions of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categor…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter II: Financial aid for the preparation and development of audiovisual projects

Article 312-2

The award of financial aid for the preparation and development of audiovisual work projects is subject to the provisions of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain cat…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 411-2

The award of financial aid for the production of short cinematographic and audiovisual works is subject to the provisions of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain ca…

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