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Showing 281290 of 16903 articles for Art. CE 23-6-1986 n° 50655

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

Article 231-7

The amount of the direct grant is equal to :- 1.5% of the amount of selective aid awarded when one label is granted, but not less than 150 euros;- 3% of the amount of selective aid awarded when two la…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services within the territory of States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Article L511-23

Within the limits of the services that it is authorised to provide within the territory of a Member State other than France, where it has its registered office, any financial institution that has obta…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Common provisions relating to electronic voting

Article R4125-23

…6 January 1978, as amended, relating to information technology, files and freedoms, and in compliance with the fundamental principles governing electoral operations, access to the vote for all voters…

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

Article 231-18

The application of the reduction coefficient is based on the conditions of reception and comfort in the cinema or cinemas, the diversity of art house films programmed, the number of weeks and screenin…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Wanted persons file

Article 230-19

…1° Search warrants, orders and notes issued by the public prosecutor, investigating, trial or sentence enforcement courts, the liberty and custody judge and the juvenile judge for the purpose of searc…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Application to the armed forces health service

Article R1131-23

…blishments. For the medical biology analysis laboratories in these hospitals, the Minister for Defence exercises the powers of the regional health agency. The practitioners who carry out the analyses…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 3: Seizure in the hands of a third party

Article R221-23

…roperty on behalf of the debtor, the act of seizure shall contain, on pain of nullity : 1° A reference to the title under which the seizure is made; 2° A mention of the name and domicile of the third…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Allocation of sums held in the automatic foreign promotion account

Article 721-23

…6. These sums may not be invested when the foreign sales companies are also the companies that produced or co-produced the works concerned, except when the co-producing foreign sales companies invest…

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

Article 231-39

The national section of the art cinema commission comprises :1° A chairman;2° A vice-chairman;3° Four representatives of cinema exhibitors;4° Three representatives of distributors of cinematographic w…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Youth employment contract

Article D5131-23

1° The amount above which the resources mentioned in article R. 5131-22 can no longer be fully combined with the flat-rate amount of the allowance mentioned in article L. 5131-6 is set at €300 ; 2° Th…

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