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Showing 211220 of 31981 articles for Art. Cass. 1e civ. 17-5-1993 n° 91-20.112

French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Observatories for medicinal products, medical devices and therapeutic innovation

Article R1413-91

The Director General of the Regional Health Agency appoints the head of the observatory referred to in Article R. 1413-90, for a renewable term of five years. The observatory may comprise several unit…

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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 913-2

A delegated production company wishing to receive assistance from the compensation fund in the event of an incident during filming must have joined the fund prior to the incident and any request for a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Common provisions

Article L511-91

Where the credit institutions and finance companies referred to in Article L. 511-89 are part of a group subject to supervision by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution on a consolidate…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Provisions relating to the allocation of investment allowances

Article 911-2

Until the date of cessation of the state of health emergency declared by article 1 of decree no. 2020-1257 of 14 October 2020 declaring a state of health emergency and extended until 16 February 2021…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Searches

Article 706-91

If the requirements of the information relating to one of the offences falling within the scope of articles 706-73 and 706-73-1 require it, the examining magistrate may authorise judicial police offic…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Invalidity.

Article R322-91

Where the company is thus annulled, the founders to whom the nullity is attributable and the directors or members of the Management Board in office at the time the nullity was incurred shall be jointl…

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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 913-4

The cinematographic or audiovisual works for which the occurrence of a loss may give rise to the allocation of aid from the compensation fund meet the following conditions:1° Be eligible, depending on…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Cross-disciplinary provisions on quality in cancer research

Article R6123-91-13

I.-The provisions of the present sub-section also apply to holders of neurosurgery authorisations, when they perform therapeutic procedures aimed at curing cancerous tumours and associated with this a…

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

Article 916-43

In order to receive support, the company or organisation must submit the following electronically:1° The application form drawn up by the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée;2° At the preli…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions relating to the eligibility of feature films

Article 912-1

By way of derogation from article 211-6, works initially intended for initial screening in cinemas and which, due to the ban on admission to cinemas, are subject, until the end of the state of health…

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