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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 6-1

…sion taken or the act performed on that occasion has been established by a decision that has become final of the criminal court seised or in application of the remedies provided by law or regulation.…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article 142-3

…be returned if the case is dismissed and, unless Article 372, in the event of a discharge or acquittal. In the event of conviction, it is used in accordance with the provisions of 2° of article 142. T…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter IV: Common provisions

Article R334-1

…est, costs and incidental expenses of this claim are paid once the proposed distribution has become final. Any stipulation to the contrary is deemed unwritten.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 9: Sociétés anonymes à participation ouvrière.

Article L225-267

…general meeting involves a change in the rights attached to the labour shares, that decision is not final until it has been ratified by a general meeting of the labour cooperative.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Provisions applicable during periods of general mobilisation and wartime

Article L2124-1

…e third of its members in office due to general mobilisation, the deliberations by which it makes a final decision are enforceable only if, within a period of one month from their transmission to the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Arrest and surrender

Article 627-10

…The person claimed shall be surrendered within one month of the day on which this decision becomes final, failing which he or she shall be released immediately by decision of the President of the Inv…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of confiscation orders issued by the courts of another Member State of the European Union

Article 713-17

…e decision or where the property is already subject either to a seizure or freezing measure or to a final confiscation order in the context of other proceedings. When it stays proceedings, the crimina…

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

Article 222-24

…payment is made before the end of the year following that in which the film is released in cinemas. Final distribution costs are taken into account up to a maximum of €122,000.

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

Article 222-26

…ned, after deduction of a lump sum corresponding to 25% of these receipts, exceed the amount of the final distribution expenses.No direct allocation may be allocated or paid to a distribution company…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Recording of sums calculated on the automatic audiovisual production account

Article 311-53

…diovisual production account for certain episodes of a series are deducted from this account if the final authorisation is not issued.…

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