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Showing 5160 of 60462 articles for Art. 1128 · Cass. com. 4 January 1994 · Cass. com. 9 November 1993 · Cass. com. 24 November 2009 · Cass. com. 4 June 2002 et 9 July 2002 · Cass. com. 23 September 2014 · Cass. 1re civ. 6 October 2011 · C. com. Art. L 110-4 · Cass. soc. 14 December 2005

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Increased rates for calculating sums representing automatic aid

Article 917-4

The rates are set at :- 729.26% when the total revenue from feature films is less than or equal to €307,500;- 265.18% when the total revenue from feature films is greater than €307,500 and less than o…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Increase in certain selective aids

Article 919-44

I. - The amount of selective aid granted in application of articles 223-1, 223-9 and 223-15 for the distribution of cinematographic works other than those mentioned in article 222-7 and article 222-8,…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 6: Measures relating to the intensity of public aid

Article 916-49

Difficult works are considered to be cinematographic, audiovisual or multimedia works for which applications for aid are submitted between 1 October 2020 and 31 December 2021 and for which it is justi…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Commission for post-completion aid

Article 411-95

The Commission des aides après réalisation is made up of seven members, including a chairman and a vice-chairman, appointed for a renewable term of one year.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Pre-production production aid commissions

Article 411-94

The reading committees are made up of three to five readers chosen from a list drawn up by the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée.The composition and agenda of the meeting…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Pre-production production aid commissions

Article 411-93

The pre-production support commission for first works is made up of seven members, including a chairman and a vice-chairman, appointed for a renewable term of one year.The pre-production support commi…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3 : Commission for aid to the production of short-lived audiovisual works

Article 411-96

The Short-Term Audiovisual Production Grants Committee is made up of five members appointed for a renewable term of one year.For each session, the Committee appoints a chairperson from among its membe…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Exceptional provisions relating to selective distribution aid

Article 919-40

By way of derogation from 1° of article 223-4, for the selective aid for the distribution of unreleased works provided for in article 221-24 allocated for a given work from the entry into force of del…

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

Article 411-92

The aid is awarded in the form of a grant.When aid is awarded jointly to a production company and a director, a fraction equal to at least 30% of the amount is paid to the director, without prejudice…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 6: Family habilitation

Article 494-9

If the person in respect of whom habilitation has been granted performs alone an act the performance of which was entrusted to the habilitated person, the act is void ipso jure without it being necess…

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