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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 6: Measures relating to the intensity of public aid

Article 916-49

…tion or distribution, given the abnormal market conditions linked to the consequences of the covid-19 epidemic.The President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée may grant exemptions…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions relating to the compensation fund for the interruption or abandonment of film or audiovisual shoots due to the covid-19 epidemic

Article 913-11

…ade after submission of the final additional cost. In exceptional circumstances, an initial payment may be made on a provisional basis at the substantiated request of the delegated production company…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Safeguards.

Article L621-9

…volved are protected. When the appointment of a technician is necessary, only the official receiver may do so with a view to a mission that he determines, without prejudice to the court's option under…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Liabilities and sanctions.

Article L653-9

…purpose, at the request of the administrator, liquidator or plan execution commissioner. The court may order these managers, or some of them, to sell their shares in the legal entity or order them to…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Right to title

Article R611-9

…roof that it has been received by the other party. The declaration provided for in Article R. 611-1 may result from the transmission by the National Institute of Industrial Property to the employer, i…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: CHECKING RIGHTS OF MOVEMENT AND RESIDENCE

Article L813-9

…verifying the right of movement and residence, the foreign national's luggage and personal effects may be inspected and searched, under the supervision of the judicial police officer and in the prese…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Proceedings with compulsory representation.

Article 910-4

…lity, raised ex officio, the parties must submit, as early as the submissions mentioned in articles 905-2 and 908 to 910, all their claims on the merits. Inadmissibility may also be invoked by the par…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IV: Group action

Article 849-9

The third party may be authorised by the judge to deduct an advance from the sum deposited if the complexity of the case so requires, on proof of the progress of his operations. In the event of a mani…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5141-9

…ration of homeopathic veterinary medicinal products referred to in Article 86 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of 11 December 2018 may be amended, suspended or withdrawn if the conditions laid down in Articl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE V: POWERS OF THE TERRITORIAL TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITY OF FRENCH GUYANA

Article L7153-9

The Assembly of French Guyana may use local semi-public companies and semi-public companies governed by the loi n° 46-860 du 30 avril 1946 tendant à l'établissement, au financement et à l'exécution de…

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