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Showing 5160 of 64636 articles for Art. CE 12-5-2022 n° 416727 and CE 27-3-2020 n° 428234

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 3: Conditions for payment and repayment of financial aid

Article 121-5

To enable aid to be paid to a beneficiary, the latter must provide, in accordance with the procedures established by the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, the international standardised…

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

Article 123-5

Automatic accounts opened for several cinematographic establishments in the name of different account holders but constituting a community of economic interests between them may also be grouped togeth…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Advisory procedure

Article 122-5

…ding committees or readers is carried out in one of the following ways:1° Only projects that have received a favourable opinion from reading committees or readers are submitted to the commission for a…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 511-12

The aid is awarded in the form of a grant, an advance or both.The choice of the form of aid and any resulting split between grant and advance are determined according to the characteristics of the wor…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Compensation for loss resulting from non-performance of the contract

Article 1231-5

Where the contract stipulates that the party who fails to perform it shall pay a certain sum by way of damages, no greater or lesser sum may be awarded to the other party.However, the judge may, even…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3-1: Marketing authorisation monitoring committee

Article R1313-27-3

…ership of the Monitoring Committee is incompatible with membership of the Scientific Advisory Board and the Ethics and Conflict of Interest Committee.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable in the event of recording using a secure electronic device

Article A37-27-3

The five sheets of each of the booklets of counterfoil receipts for collection meet the following characteristics. The front and back of sheet no. 1 of the bundle include a reminder of the legislative…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Pre-contractual information

Article L224-27-3

Prior to the conclusion of a contract, providers of publicly available Internet access and interpersonal electronic communications services shall communicate, as part of the price information, for a b…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Certification and swearing-in

Article R15-33-27

The prefect acknowledges receipt of the application for approval. He shall arrange for an administrative investigation to be carried out to ensure that the applicant meets the conditions set out in 1°…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Services for self-employed workers

Article D4622-27-3

Membership of the specific service offer mentioned in article L. 4621-3 by the self-employed worker to the inter-company occupational health and prevention service of his choice is for a minimum perio…

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