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Showing 151160 of 37768 articles for Art. Loi 89-462 du 6-7-1989

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

Article 712-6

Complementary aid is granted and its amount determined taking into consideration the production budget of the work and its means of financing, as well as the appropriateness of the production expenses…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: Purpose and award conditions

Article 723-6

…ies;2° The coherence of the distribution project budget;3° The diversity of the planned modes of exploitation;4° The knowledge of the target audience and the adaptation of the project to its needs, as…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to confiscation orders issued by French courts

Article 713-6

In principle, the confiscation order is transmitted for enforcement to a single State. If the confiscation order relates to specific items of property, the public prosecutor shall transmit it, togethe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Recognition of judicial review decisions

Article 696-73

…the judicial supervision order shall be refused in the following cases:1° The certificate is not produced, is incomplete or clearly does not correspond to a judicial supervision order and has not been…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Trade union rights.

Article D6152-73-6

The staff mentioned in article R. 6156-3 of this code are entitled to union training leave with pay for a maximum of 5 working days per year. This leave may only be granted to attend a training course…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXIV: Procedure applicable to breaches of automated data processing systems

Article 706-72-6

Any order made on the basis of articles 706-72-2 or 706-72-3 by which an examining magistrate decides to relinquish jurisdiction or by which the examining magistrate of the Paris Judicial Court decide…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Checks, verifications and identity records

Article 78-6

The deputy judicial police officers mentioned in 1° bis, 1° ter, 1° quater and 2° of Article 21 are authorised to record the identity of offenders in order to draw up official reports concerning contr…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Jurisdiction and procedure before courts of first instance

Article 712-6

…the representative of the prison administration, following an adversarial hearing held in chambers, during which the sentence enforcement judge hears the prosecution's submissions and the sentenced pe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Transfer.

Article 728-62

…hable by a custodial sentence or detention order; 3° No custodial or restrictive measure is applied during the proceedings in respect of the offence charged; 4° The convicted person is not liable to a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article 764-6

…ecision and the date on which this decision became final; 9° Information relating to the nature and duration of the sentence or probation measures whose recognition and monitoring are requested; 10° W…

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