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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Receipt of applications for judicial review decisions

Article 696-69

Within three working days of receipt of the request and the decisions provided for in Article 696-66, the public prosecutor shall submit the request, together with his or her submissions, to the liber…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2 : Commission nationale d'aménagement cinématographique (National Cinematographic Development Commission)

Article R212-6-13

The terms of remuneration of the chairman and members of the Commission nationale d'aménagement cinématographique are set by decision of the chairman of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image ani…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2 : Commission nationale d'aménagement cinématographique (National Cinematographic Development Commission)

Article R212-6-11

The Commission nationale d'aménagement cinématographique draws up its own rules of procedure.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2 : Commission nationale d'aménagement cinématographique (National Cinematographic Development Commission)

Article R212-6-10

The Chairman of the Commission nationale d'aménagement cinématographique represents the Commission. He signs the Commission's decisions. He signs the briefs submitted in the context of legal appeals l…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2 : Commission nationale d'aménagement cinématographique (National Cinematographic Development Commission)

Article R212-6-12

The secretariat of the Commission nationale d'aménagement cinématographique is provided by the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée. The Chairman of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'ima…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Implementation.

Article L3332-6-1

Any company may apply a company savings scheme concluded at branch level, provided that the branch agreement has been approved pursuant to article L. 3345-4. Companies wishing to apply the approved br…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 4: Nullity, dissolution and liquidation of the company.

Article R743-68-1

The company is dissolved ipso jure when all the members exercising their functions within the company simultaneously cease to exercise their functions under the conditions provided for in article L. 7…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Conditions specific to the modality: "systemic drug treatments for cancer".

Article D6124-134-6

I.-All the information relating to the administration schedule for anti-cancer medicinal products, their international non-proprietary name, the dose administered, the carrier solute used, the route o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Sub-title II: Courts with jurisdiction to prosecute, investigate and try crimes against humanity and war crimes and offences

Article 628-8-1

By way of derogation from Article 11, for investigation or prosecution proceedings initiated on the basis of one or more offences falling within the scope of the article 628, the counter-terrorism pub…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 5: Control

Article L22-10-69

The right to put questions in writing to the Chairman of the Board of Directors or to the Management Board under the conditions laid down in Article L. 225-232 may be exercised by an association meeti…

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