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Showing 2130 of 63423 articles for Art. Decree 2023-1021 of 3-11-2023

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4: Common provisions

Article 311-111

For the issue of the decisions mentioned in articles…

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

Article 312-11

For works of fiction, the application is submitted by one or more authors.For works of animation, the application is submitted jointly by one or more literary authors and one or more graphic authors.

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

Article 322-11

The grant is paid to the author or authors of the creative team in accordance with the agreements between them.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Operation of the agency committee

Article R1432-115-3

…Agency and Working Conditions Committee from among its full or alternate members. The total number of seats is divided between the trade unions for each of the two colleges of the Agency Committee me…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIX: Procedure applicable to sexual offences and the protection of minors who are victims

Article D47-11-3

When a person charged with the offence of failing to represent a child under the article 227-5 of the Criminal Code maintains that the acts of which he or she is accused were justified by violence or…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter V: Medically assisted procreation with third-party donors

Article 342-11

…d, with regard to the other woman, by the joint acknowledgement provided for in the first paragraph of this article. This is given by one of the two women or, where applicable, by the person responsib…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Title I: PURPOSE AND SCOPE

Article 110-3

…egulatory texts or conventions that institute and organise this aid are mentioned by the provisions of these general regulations to which they refer. This aid is assimilated to the aid mentioned in ar…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Guarantees granted to holders of municipal mandates

Article R2123-11-3

The end-of-mandate differential allowance is personal.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXVII: Prosecution, investigation and trial of offences committed by protected adults

Article 706-112-3

When the information gathered in the course of a preliminary investigation reveals that a person whose home is to be searched is subject to a legal protection measure revealing that he or she is not i…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article L2224-11-3

…irs, a provisional works programme is appended to the contract. This programme includes an estimate of expenditure. Each year, the delegatee must give an account of its execution in the report provide…

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