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Showing 5160 of 10142 articles for Art. CJEU – Ingmar – 9 Nov. 2000 – C-381/98

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

Article 211-98

Selective financial aid is awarded prior to production for the production of feature-length cinematographic works.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to securities giving access to the capital.

Article L228-98

…f holders of securities giving access to the capital under the conditions defined in Article L. 228-99.In the event of a reduction in its capital motivated by losses and carried out by reducing the no…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the recognition and enforcement by the French authorities of a European protection order

Article 696-98

The public prosecutor may carry out or arrange for any further investigations that he or she considers useful. If he considers that the information accompanying the European protection order is incomp…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Sound and image recording of certain places or vehicles

Article 706-98

…police or qualified agents responsible for carrying out the operations provided for in Article 706-96 are authorised to hold, for this purpose, devices falling within the provisions of article 226-3…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Disciplinary proceedings before the Enforcement Committee

Article R232-98

I.-The full jurisdiction appeals provided for in article L. 232-24 are submitted to the Conseil d'Etat in accordance with the procedures set out in the Code of Administrative Justice. II-The time limi…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Miscellaneous provisions

Article A322-98

Diving in a pool or diving pit whose depth exceeds 6 metres is subject to the provisions relating to diving in the natural environment. By way of derogation from the provisions of subsections 1 and 2,…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Mutual insurance companies.

Article R322-98

Mutual insurance companies must include in their articles of association and in all contractual or advertising documents relating to insurance or capitalisation the following wording, printed in unifo…

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

Article 311-98

For a single audiovisual work, the amount of aid granted may not exceed 40% of the amount of the preparation expenses and may not exceed €100,000.For audiovisual works in the animation genre that are…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Checking and registering applications.

Article R123-98

The registrar shall enter the registration in a chronological register indicating in order its date and order number, surname, first name, and company name or denomination of the taxable person and th…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Shareholders' meetings.

Article R225-98

Shareholders exercising their voting rights at the meeting electronically under the conditions of article R. 225-61 may only access the dedicated site after identifying themselves using a code provide…

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