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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General conditions

Article 311-5

…ritage vocation that are of particular cultural, social, scientific, technical or economic interest and that belong to one of the following genres are eligible for financial support for production and…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Caisse des dépôts et consignations.

Article R518-0

…mptes, appointed by its First President, a person appointed by the Governor of the Banque de France and three persons appointed by the Minister for the Economy. The Minister appoints the Chairman of t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Competence required of practitioners

Article R2131-4

Practitioners who have been approved by the Agence de la biomédecine on the basis of the provisions prior to the entry into force of Law No 2011-814 of 7 July 2011 on bioethics to carry out one or mor…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Voluntary appearance and summons

Article 391

…int is notified by the public prosecutor of the date of the hearing.When the victim does not understand the French language, he or she is entitled, at his or her request, to a translation of the notic…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Voluntary appearance and summons

Article 390

The summons shall be issued within the time limits and in the form laid down by articles 550 et seq. The summons informs the accused that he may be assisted by a lawyer of his choice or, if he so requ…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Voluntary appearance and summons

Article 392

A civil party who summons an accused person directly before a criminal court shall, in the summons, elect domicile within the jurisdiction of the court seised, unless he is domiciled there..

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Voluntary appearance and summons

Article 389

…oluntary appearance of the person to whom it is addressed.It indicates the offence being prosecuted and refers to the text of the law which punishes it.Where the accused is detained, the judgment must…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorisation procedure

Article R1321-9

…lth.The application for a temporary authorisation includes the elements mentioned in 1°, 2°, 6°, 7° and 8° of article R. 1321-6, as well as an assessment of the geological and hydrogeological characte…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorisation procedure

Article R1321-8

…l authorisation order indicates in particular the identification of the holder of the authorisation and the purpose of this use, the locations of the water catchments and their operating conditions, t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorisation procedure

Article R1321-7

…The Prefect submits a summary report drawn up by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency and a reasoned draft order to the Departmental Council for the Environment and Health and Technologi…

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