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

Article 211-124

…upport for the production of genre films:1° They meet the general conditions set out in sub-section 2 of section 1 of this chapter;2° They are in original French or, if at least two different language…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter X: Legal protection of minors and adults

Article 1258-2

…rincipal and the agent were of full age or emancipated minors on the date the mandate was drawn up; 2° The procedures for monitoring the agent's activity are formally provided for; 3° The lawyer has c…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Investment of sums held in the automatic cinema distribution account

Article 222-12

…ting the approval committee, taking into account the size of the distribution expenses mentioned in 2° of article…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Acquisition of French nationality by declaration of nationality

Article 21-12

…h nationality may, until the age of majority, declare, under the conditions set out in the articles 26 et seq, that he or she claims French nationality, provided that at the time of his or her declara…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article 123-2

…duction and preparation of long-term cinematographic works: "compte automatique production cinéma"; 2° For the allocation of automatic financial aid for cinematographic distribution: " compte automati…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Conciliation delegated to a court-appointed conciliator

Article 129-2

When the judge, by virtue of a special provision, delegates his conciliation mission, he appoints a judicial conciliator for this purpose, sets the duration of his mission and indicates the date on wh…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Referral by the court of the priority question of constitutionality to the Cour de cassation

Article 126-2

On pain of inadmissibility, the party claiming that a legislative provision infringes the rights and freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution shall present this plea in a separate and reasoned written…

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

Article 2-12

Any association that has been duly registered for at least five years on the date of the incident and whose articles of association aim to combat road traffic crime and to defend or assist the victims…

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

Article 211-123

Selective financial aid is awarded prior to production for the production of feature-length fiction or animated films, selected by a jury, that respond to a theme within a particular genre defined eac…

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

Article 211-125

The same project cannot benefit from both production aid for genre films and production aid before and after completion.

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