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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Committee of experts

Article A331-55

Applications for approval are presented to the committee of experts by one or more representatives of the association known as the "Commission nationale du film France", who may not take part in the c…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Paragraph 1: Disputes relating to ownership of seized property

Article R221-50

The debtor may request that the seizure of an asset that he does not own be declared null and void.

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Paragraph 1: Disputes relating to ownership of seized property

Article R221-52

The action for diversion ceases to be admissible after the sale of the seized property; only the action for revendication may then be brought. However, a third party who is recognised as the owner of…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R121-5

Unless otherwise provided, the common provisions of Book I of the Code of Civil Procedure apply to civil enforcement proceedings before the execution judge, with the exception of articles 481-1 and 48…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Paragraph 1: Disputes relating to ownership of seized property

Article R221-51

A third party who claims to be the owner of a seized asset may ask the enforcement judge to order its segregation. On pain of inadmissibility, the application must specify the elements on which the cl…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Paragraph 1: The debtor's writ of summons

Article R322-5

In addition to the information required byarticle 56 of the code of civil procedure, the summons shall include, on pain of nullity :1° An indication of the place, date and time of the orientation hear…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Rights of foreign nationals in detention

Article L744-5

In each place of detention, the detained foreign national may confer confidentially with his lawyer in a room set aside for this purpose. This room shall be accessible in all circumstances at the requ…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Duties of the social and economic committee in undertakings with at least eleven employees and fewer than fifty employees

Article L2312-5

The task of the staff delegation on the social and economic committee is to submit to the employer individual or collective complaints relating to wages, the application of the Labour Code and other l…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Specific measures applicable to products, services and establishments

Article L521-5

When, as a result of a failure to comply with the regulations adopted for the application of the provisions of Book IV or a European Union regulation, the operating conditions of an establishment are…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Transfer of the registered office.

Article R229-5

The decision of the Extraordinary General Meeting taken pursuant to the second paragraph of Article L. 229-2 is the subject of a notice inserted in a medium authorised to receive legal announcements i…

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