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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 311-78

In the event of a dispute or difficulty of interpretation as to whether an audiovisual work belongs to a particular genre, the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée may consu…

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

Article 611-29

A videogram publisher may not submit, for each of the sessions of the commission for aid to videographic publishing, more than six applications for the granting of aid for the publishing of a specific…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter II: Award procedure and conditions

Article 822-1

In order to obtain the aid, cinema operators must submit an electronic form drawn up by the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, accompanied, where appropriate, by any documents describing…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 3: Unforeseen circumstances

Article R2194-5

The contract may be amended when the amendment is made necessary by circumstances that a diligent purchaser could not have foreseen. In this case, the provisions of articles R. 2194-3 and R. 2194-4 ap…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3: Endorsement.

Article L511-10

The endorser is, unless otherwise agreed, guarantor of acceptance and payment. He may prohibit further endorsement. In this case, he is not obliged to guarantee against persons to whom the letter is s…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Forms

Article L511-54

No act on the part of the bearer of the bill of exchange may replace the act of protest, except in the cases provided for by articles L. 511-32 to L. 511-37 and by articles L. 511-40 and L. 511-41.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Promissory notes.

Article L512-2

A document of title lacking one of the statements specified in I of Article L. 512-1 is not valid as a promissory note, except in the cases specified in II to IV of Article L. 512-1.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Removal of goods from their place of detention

Article R512-14

When the sample is taken, a receipt is given to the owner or holder of the goods.It states the nature and quantities of samples taken.In the event of sampling during transport, the receipt is given to…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: APPLICATION FOR ASYLUM SUBMITTED IN RESPECT

Article L754-8

With the exception of Article L. 754-1, the procedures for applying this chapter, and in particular the procedures for taking account of the vulnerability of asylum seekers and, where applicable, thei…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Ad hoc administrators appointed to represent minors held in waiting zones

Article R343-7

Within one month of the completion of each assignment, the ad hoc administrator sends the public prosecutor a report detailing the steps taken and, where applicable, for the purposes of ensuring the b…

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