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Showing 911920 of 30141 articles for Art. Cass. 1ère civ. avis 15-12-2021 n° 21-70.022 F-B

French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Operations.

Article D514-21

If borrowers have not requested repayment of the bonuses to which they are entitled within three months of the sale proceeds being cleared, the institution will notify them of these bonuses, if they a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXa: Directory of personal data collected in the context of legal proceedings, known as "Redex".

Article R53-21-22

The managing service shall proceed with the deletion of data entered in the directory: a) Upon expiry of the period provided for in Article R. 53-21-20 ; b) When informed of one of the decisions menti…

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

Article 211-108

After consultation with the relevant committee, repayment of the grant may be requested in whole or in part if the work produced differs substantially from the project for which the grant was awarded.

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

Article 211-103

The provisional decision is taken following the opinion of the relevant Selective Production Grants Committee, which is consulted after the reading committees have been consulted in accordance with th…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Production approval

Article 211-58

Application for production approval must be made within eight months of the issue of the cinema exhibition licence.The application for production approval is submitted to the approval committee for it…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Notification procedure.

Article R1123-21

In addition to requests for an opinion on initial research projects involving the human person, the Committee gives its opinion :1° On substantial modification projects ;2° In application of the secon…

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

Article 212-25

The provisional decision is taken on the advice of the Commission des aides à l'écriture et à la réécriture de scénario, after consultation with reading committees in accordance with the procedures se…

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

Article 212-37

The provisional decision is taken on the advice of the Commission des aides à l'écriture et à la réécriture de scénario, after consultation with reading committees in accordance with the procedures se…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R123-214

The notice relating to the new registration, following the leasing of a business or craft establishment, includes the same information concerning the former and new operators respectively.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Job and career management

Article L2242-21

The negotiations provided for in Article L. 2242-20 may also cover :1° The matters referred to in articles L. 1233-21 and L. 1233-22 in accordance with the procedures laid down in these same articles;…

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