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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisional approval

Article D331-57

The application for provisional approval is submitted by the executive production company.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Production approval

Article 211-57

The application for production approval may only be submitted by the delegated production company.

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 5: Special provisions for the seizure of standing crops

Article R221-57

Standing crops belonging to the debtor may be seized in the six weeks preceding the usual ripening period.

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 5: Payment of the price

Article R322-57

Where the funds are held in escrow, they earn interest at a rate set by the terms and conditions of sale, which may not be less than the interest rate paid by the Caisse des dépôts et consignations. T…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 6: Electronic auctions

Article R2162-57

The electronic auction shall relate to:1° Either solely to price when the contract is awarded on the basis of this criterion alone;2° Or to price or to other quantifiable elements indicated in the con…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Decisions that may be challenged and conditions of appeal

Article 574-2

…gainst a judgment referred to in Article 568-1 shall rule within forty days of the date of the appeal. The applicant for judicial review or his lawyer must, on pain of forfeiture, file his statement o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Decisions that may be challenged and conditions of appeal

Article 571-1

The withdrawal of the appeal is recorded by order of the President of the Criminal Division.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Decisions that may be challenged and conditions of appeal

Article 574-1

The Criminal Division hearing an appeal against the judgment committing the offender to trial or ordering that the offender be referred to the Criminal Court must rule within three months of receipt o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Surrender procedures resulting from agreements concluded by the European Union with other States.

Article 695-57

Surrender shall not be granted to a State that is not a member of the European Union if the offence for which surrender is requested is of a political nature, unless it is an offence referred to in Ar…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the transmission by the French judicial authorities of decisions relating to judicial supervision to the competent authorities of another Member State of the European Union

Article 696-57

The consultation of the competent authority of the executing State, provided for in Article 696-49, is carried out by the judicial authorities competent to request or order placement under judicial su…

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