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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article R424-2

…tie des risques liés à l'épandage agricole des boues d'épuration urbaines ou industrielles include: 1° The proceeds of the tax instituted under II of Article L. 425-1; 2° Net proceeds from invested fu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transparency

Article R3512-1-3

…ealth referred to in I is issued after consultation with the Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés. It determines the operating procedures for the site, in particular for the establis…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4a: Fate of stored embryos

Article R2141-23-2

…t during an annual consultation to one of the options for the future of the embryos provided for in 1° or 2° of II of the same article, the multidisciplinary clinical-biological medical team of the ce…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Financing conditions

Article 311-9

…of editing for works composed entirely of pre-existing images. However, where the contract has not yet been concluded, the initial contribution may, on a provisional basis, give rise to a firm and man…

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

Article 311-85

…principle, the application must be submitted at least one month before the date of the committee meeting at which the production company wishes its application to be examined.

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

Article 311-92

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

Article 311-87

…or a period not exceeding six months, by decision of the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée.

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

Article 311-89

For final authorisation, the application must be submitted no later than four months after completion of the work. This deadline is extended to six months when the final cost of the work must be certi…

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

Article 311-88

For prior authorisation, the application must be submitted at least one month before the end of the shooting or, for works in the animation genre, at least one month before the end of the production o…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Financing conditions

Article 311-8

…ontribution from one or more television service or on-demand audiovisual media service publishers meeting the following conditions:1° With regard to television service publishers:a) Where the publishe…

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