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Showing 121130 of 45512 articles for Art. Rép. Rabault: AN 25-2-2020 n° 24560

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 212-25

…es à l'écriture et à la réécriture de scénario, after consultation with reading committees in accordance with the procedures set out in 1° of article…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 222-25

The amount of the direct grant may be subject to a reduction fixed at the time of the last payment, taking into account the total amount of public financial aid granted, the ceiling mentioned in artic…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK VII: Commercial jurisdictions and the organisation of commerce.

Article Annexe 7-2

ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF TERRITORIAL CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRYYou can consult the JORF n° 0234 of 7 October 2021, text n° 36, at the following address: https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/download/pd…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I septies: Commission de contrôle des organismes de gestion des droits d'auteur et des droits voisins (Commission for the Supervision of Organisations Managing Copyright and Related Rights)

Article R321-25

I. - The authorisation referred to in II of Article L. 327-10 is issued, on an individual basis, by the chairman of the control commission to the commission's rapporteurs and agents for a renewable pe…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: The procedure applicable to divorce by judicial mutual consent

Article 250-2

…e court refuses to approve the agreement, however, it may approve provisional measures within the meaning of articles 254 and 255 which the parties agree to take until the date on which the divorce ju…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Additional designations

Article R1441-25

The Minister of Justice shall organise, as necessary and at least once a year, the additional appointments provided for in article L. 1441-25.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Issue of approval

Article R1253-25

…atter to verify, for each member of the group, the information mentioned in 5° of article D. 1253-1 and to know the reason, place and duration of the work carried out by each of the group's employees.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Annexes Part A Book VIII

Article Annexe 8-2

…BER 1985 AMENDEDSummary Preamble.Title I.. - Definitions.1. 1. Judicial administrator.1. 2. Of the mandataire judiciaire à la liquidation des entreprises.Titre II. - Ethical principles.2. 1. Fundament…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Qualifications for jury service

Article 258-2

…ons who have not served as a juror or citizen assessor in the five years preceding the current year and who have not been entered on an annual jury list or an annual list of citizen assessors in the p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article R50-25

When the guarantee fund requests, pursuant to Article 706-10, total or partial reimbursement of the compensation it has paid, it shall submit a simple request to the commission, which shall give its d…

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