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Showing 34713480 of 27113 articles for Art. Rép. Carrez: AN 4-4-2017 n° 93563

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Infringements of the obligation to control access by minors to cinemas

Article R432-4

For an adult responsible for the supervision of a minor, accompanying the minor into a cinema where a cinematographic work is being shown, the showing of which is forbidden to spectators of the minor'…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Title I: PURPOSE AND SCOPE

Article 110-4

Financial aid may be granted by the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée to support actions or projects of general or collective interest, or the overall activity of public or private bodies…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter II: Ethics

Article 132-4

…mmittee who has a conflict of interest in relation to a matter on the agenda of a committee meeting and who withdraws for the adoption of the resolution on that matter is prohibited, for the duration…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Allocation of sums held in the automatic cinema production account

Article 211-40

…article D. 312-1 of the Code du cinéma et de l'image animée, preferenti…

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

Article 212-4

To be eligible for direct benefits, authors must be French nationals or assimilated.

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 2: Sale of seized assets

Article L221-4

…by law to proceed with the sale stops the sale operations when the price of the goods sold reaches an amount sufficient to pay the principal, interest and costs of the distraining and opposing credit…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Single chapter

Article L311-4

Where proceedings have been commenced under a provisionally enforceable court order, the compulsory sale may only take place after the final order has become res judicata. However, during the oppositi…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Single chapter: Common provisions

Article L621-4

…article L. 412-6, in the collectivities of Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin, the period during which any eviction measure is deferred is set by the State repre…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Single section: Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article L612-4

…>in article L. 412-3, the words: "inarticle 19 of law no. 48-1360 of 1st September 1948 amending and codifying the legislation relating to the relationship between lessors and tenants or occupants…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 2: Out-of-court sales with judicial authorisation

Article L322-4

…sale is only drawn up once the price has been deposited with the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations and proof of payment of the costs of the sale and the taxed costs has been provided.

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