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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Special provisions for printed banknotes

Article D212-74

Printed tickets are numbered in an unbroken series for each fare category and issued in numerical order.Tickets are detached when they are handed out to spectators.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Special provisions for printed banknotes

Article D212-77

…onsible for the printed tickets in his possession. He must be able to show the tickets not yet used and to justify, if necessary, the missing quantities of tickets.In the event of the sale of his esta…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Special provisions for printed banknotes

Article D212-78

…turers, importers or merchants declare their deliveries of printed tickets, specifying:1° The names and addresses of the cinematographic establishments to which they are sent;2° The number of tickets…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation to operate as a mobile business

Article R212-3

…du cinéma et de l'image animée refers to the respective catchment areas of the applicant's activity and these cinemas. The definition of the catchment area is that of the cinematographic area of influ…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Special provisions for printed banknotes

Article D212-76

Printed tickets are made up of two parts, one for the spectator and the other, called the "coupon", for the ticket inspector. The part reserved for control is placed, after being detached, in a box sp…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of persons under psychiatric care.

Article L3211-2-1

I.-A person undergoing psychiatric care pursuant to Chapters II and III of this Title or Article 706-135 of the Code of Criminal Procedure is said to be in psychiatric care without consent.The person…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rights of persons under psychiatric care.

Article L3211-12-2

…re would infringe the privacy of the parties, if there are disturbances likely to disturb the peace and quiet of the court or if one of the parties so requests. This request is granted when it comes f…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Miscellaneous provisions applicable to medical auxiliaries.

Article L4381-1-2

Subject to reciprocity and provided that an international agreement has been ratified to this effect, holders of evidence of formal qualifications obtained in a State which is not a member of the Euro…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Referral by the court of the priority question of constitutionality to the Cour de cassation

Article 126-2

On pain of inadmissibility, the party claiming that a legislative provision infringes the rights and freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution shall present this plea in a separate and reasoned written…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Agreements relating to the exercise of undivided rights in the absence of a usufructuary.

Article 1873-2

…ullity, the agreement must be drawn up in writing including a description of the undivided property and an indication of the shares belonging to each undivided co-owner. If the undivided property incl…

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