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

Article 412-13

…the reference period defined in article…

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

Article 422-12

Authors who have written, directed or produced:1° At least one feature-length cinematographic work that has been approved for theatrical release and selected at a festival;2° At least one short-length…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Contracts awarded by the national councils of the orders of the medical professions

Article R.4122-4-11

I.-The prices of the services covered by a contract are: 1° Either unit prices applied to the quantities actually delivered or performed; 2° Or lump-sum prices applied to all or part of the contract,…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 6: Family habilitation

Article 494-11

Other than the death of the person in respect of whom family habilitation has been issued, it is terminated:1° By the person concerned being placed under legal protection, curatorship or guardianship;…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Contracts awarded by the national councils of the orders of the medical professions

Article R.4122-4-16

I.-The adapted procedure is the procedure by which the National Council freely defines the terms and conditions for awarding the contract, in compliance with the principles set out in article L. 4122-…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Contracts awarded by the national councils of the orders of the medical professions

Article R.4122-4-15

When the estimated value of the requirement is equal to or greater than the European thresholds defined, for local authorities, their establishments and groupings and other purchasers, in b of I of ap…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions independent of protective measures

Article 414-1

To make a valid act, one must be of sound mind. It is up to those suing for nullity on this ground to prove the existence of a mental disorder at the time of the act.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Funeral equipment

Article L2223-42-1

At the request of the person entitled to provide for the funeral and when the body of the deceased has been placed, in order to ensure its transport, in a coffin made of a material presenting an obsta…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 4: Common provisions

Article L2224-11-4

…contract or, for contracts expiring within six months of the date of promulgation of Law no. 2010-788 of 12 July 2010 on the national commitment to the environment, on the expiry date of the contract…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Ionising radiation.

Article R1337-14-4

Any person responsible for a nuclear activity is liable to a fifth-class fine for:1° Failing to transmit the file provided for in Article R. 1333-105 ; 2° Failing to comply with the general requiremen…

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