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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Committee of experts

Article A331-54

The Expert Committee may only validly deliberate if at least three of its members are present.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Committee of experts

Article A331-28

The Expert Committee may only validly deliberate if at least three of its members are present.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Committee of experts

Article A331-55

Applications for approval are presented to the committee of experts by one or more representatives of the association known as the "Commission nationale du film France", who may not take part in the c…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Single chapter: Legal deposit obligation

Article A241-2

The rules relating to the information that must appear on the declarations accompanying the legal deposit of videograms fixed on a photochemical medium and on these videograms themselves are laid down…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Taxable income of foreign nationals and persons not resident in France for tax purposes

Article 164 A

The French source income of persons who do not have their tax domicile in France is determined according to the rules applicable to income of the same nature received by persons who have their tax dom…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section IV: Taxable persons - Place of taxation

Article 218 A

1. Corporation tax is established at the place of the principal establishment of the legal entity. However, the administration may designate as the place of taxation: either that where the effective m…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Document prévisionnel de gestion des emplois et des crédits de personnel (forward-looking document for managing jobs and staff appropriations)

Article A114-6

The regional director responsible for youth and sport, the president of the regional council and the minister responsible for sport may ask the centre to provide any information needed to explain the…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for exercising the right to vote and stand for election and rules applicable to the conduct of the ballot for the election of staff representatives to the Board of Directors

Article A211-40

Three colleges are set up for this election: 1° College of experts in the school's fields of activity; 2° College of administrative, medical, paramedical and management staff; 3° College of technical…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: The Professional Advisory Committee for Sport and Leisure Activities (Commission professionnelle consultative des métiers du sport et de l'animation)

Article A142-30

The Professional Advisory Committee for Sport and Leisure Activities meets at least twice a year. In the absence of a quorum, it will meet within a fortnight and may deliberate regardless of the numbe…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter I: Sports federations

Article A131-5

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