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

Article 422-13

…Project for an audiovisual work in the genre of fiction, animation or creative documentary, in the form of a single work or a series;3° Project for an immersive work.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Special provisions concerning the content of award notices

Article R2183-6

Where the call for competition was made in the form of a prior information notice or a periodic indicative notice and the purchaser has decided not to award any new contracts during the period covered…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Brokers.

Article R131-6

…etired by resignation after twenty years of practising the profession. The decision is taken in the forms and according to the procedures provided for by articles R. 131-2 and R. 131-3.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Registration of immovable property

Article 2513

…by the real estate property conservation department. It may be kept, by that service, in electronic form under the conditions defined by Article 1366.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Registration of immovable property

Article 2526

…s an interest therein shall apply to the Registrar, by producing the writings executed in authentic form constituting the rights to be registered and other documents the filing of which is prescribed…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Provisions applicable in New Caledonia, French Polynesia and the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article R284

At articles R. 50-17, R. 50-20, R. 50-22 and R. 51, summonses, information and decisions are made, as far as the applicant is concerned, in the form of registered letter with acknowledgement of receip…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Criminal court

Article D45-3

…d by an electronic report drawn up using a secure device allowing the use of a signature in digital form in accordance with Article 801-1.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Illegal provision of labour.

Article L8271-16

…legal loan of labour, the officers referred to in Article L. 8112-1 may ask to see estimates, order forms or work orders, invoices and contracts or commercial documents relating to the illegal loan of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Establishment and purpose.

Article D2362-4

…of the legal entities or natural persons, subsidiaries and establishments concerned do not have any form of representation, the information mentioned in articles D. 2362-1 and D. 2362-2 is communicate…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Use

Article R3262-10

…ed to a maximum amount of twenty-five euros per day.When meal vouchers are issued in dematerialised form, the employee is debited for the exact amount to be paid, up to the maximum daily amount mentio…

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