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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Operation

Article 133-12

The Chairman of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée or his representatives attend meetings of the Commission as of right.The secretariat of the Commission is provided by the relevant de…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter II: Ethics

Article 132-1

The members of the committees are bound by an obligation of impartiality.They shall personally examine the matters submitted for their consideration and deliberate on them without regard to persons or…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section Ia: Intervention of the guardianship judge in matters of legal administration

Article 1180-15

The case is heard and decided in chambers.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section Ia: Intervention of the guardianship judge in matters of legal administration

Article 1180-17

Copies of the judge's decisions may only be issued to the applicant, the parents and, where applicable, the ad hoc administrator. Interested minors who have reached the age of majority may obtain copi…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section Ia: Intervention of the guardianship judge in matters of legal administration

Article 1180-14

At the request of any interested party or ex officio, the judge may order that the examination of the application give rise to a debate, in particular when articles 387, 387-3, 387-4 and 387-5 of the…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section Ia: Intervention of the guardianship judge in matters of legal administration

Article 1180-16

Any decision of the judge is notified, at the registry's behest, to the applicant, the parents and, where applicable, the ad hoc administrator.A minor who has reached the age of sixteen is notified of…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection III: Other legal divorce proceedings

Article 1123-1

Acceptance of the principle of the breakdown of the marriage regardless of the facts giving rise to it may also result from a document signed privately by the parties and countersigned by lawyers in t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Causes of dissolution and separation as to property.

Article 1448

The spouse who has obtained separation as to property must contribute, in proportion to his or her faculties and those of his or her spouse, both to the expenses of the household and to those of the e…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Causes of dissolution and separation as to property.

Article 1445

The application and the judgment of separation of property must be published under the conditions and under the sanctions provided for by the Code of Civil Procedure. The judgment pronouncing separati…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Causes of dissolution and separation as to property.

Article 1449

The separation of property pronounced by the court has the effect of placing the spouses under the regime of articles 1536 et seq. The court, in pronouncing the separation, may order that a spouse pay…

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