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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions applicable to compensation for personal injury.

Article R421-14

…e accompanied by a copy of the court decision or a certified copy of the deed of settlement for the final determination of the compensation.If the guarantee fund is unable to reach an agreement with t…

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

Article 321-20

…production: 1° The project must be financed by a French participation equal to at least 30% of its final cost; 2° The pre-production expenses mentioned in article 321-19 corresponding to operations o…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Exceptional registration due to difficulties in exhibiting and manufacturing cinematographic works as a result of the health crisis

Article 919-16

…for the film concerned is considered to be external funding. The production cost corresponds to the final production cost less the amounts corresponding to the "producer's remuneration" and "overheads…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Invalidity

Article L235-11

When a court decision declaring a merger or demerger null and void has become final, that decision shall be publicised in a manner to be determined by decree of the Conseil d'Etat. It shall have no ef…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Written agreements

Article L441-6

…y if the breach is repeated within two years of the date on which the first penalty decision became final.By way of derogation from the first two paragraphs of this article, for the products mentioned…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 3

Article L713-17

…r a regional chamber of commerce and industry whose election is contested remains in office until a final ruling has been made on the complaint.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Rejection of the application

Article R612-45

…is article by paying the corresponding fee plus the prescribed surcharge. The rejection decision is final if the applicant has neither contested the irregularity or failure to pay nor paid the fee plu…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: The adoption procedure

Article 1175-1

Within fifteen days of the date on which it has become final, at the request of the public prosecutor: 1° The decision pronouncing the full adoption is transcribed into the civil status registers of t…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter V: Distribution of funds outside of enforcement proceedings.

Article 1281-4

…ponse within the time limit, he or she is deemed to have accepted the draft and that it will become final if no challenge is raised.In the event of difficulty, the time limit mentioned in the first pa…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Radiation.

Article R123-128

…is prohibited from carrying on a commercial activity by virtue of a court decision that has become final or an enforceable administrative decision; 2° He has been deceased for more than one year, unl…

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