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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 6: Access to the cinema

Article L212-30

…xhibitor who achieves more than 25% of admissions or takings in a given catchment area or more than 3% of takings at national level must offer exhibitors in the same catchment area whose market share…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions relating to the creation process

Article D331-3

…he documentary genre that are designed, written, image-processed and post-produced mainly in France;3° Cinematographic or audiovisual works belonging to the animation genre that are designed and writt…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article L3381-3

…of Book II in the French Southern and Antarctic Territories: 1° The second paragraph of Article L. 3200-1is deleted; 2° Article L. 3212-1 1° is worded as follows: "1° A legal instrument such as an in…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article L3351-3

…f the provisions of Book II in the Wallis and Futuna Islands: 1° The second paragraph of Article L. 3200-1 is deleted; 2° 1° of Article L. 3212-1 is worded as follows: "1° A legal instrument such as a…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: Purpose and award conditions

Article 622-3

…712-1 has been awarded; 3° Short-length cinematographic works for which automatic production aid, selective pre-production p…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Acquisition of Trade Mark Rights

Article R712-3

…gether with a list of the corresponding classes in accordance with the provisions of Article R. 711-3-1;d) Where applicable, an indication that the right of priority attached to a previous foreign fil…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter VI: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN NEW CALEDONIA

Article R766-3

…nia; 2° References to the Judicial Court are replaced by references to the Court of First Instance; 3° References to the Republic of Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein, the Kingdom of Norway a…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter V: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE IN FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article R765-3

…The references to the Judicial Court are replaced by the reference to the Court of First Instance; 3° The references to the Republic of Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein, the Kingdom of Norw…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAINT-MARTIN

Article R763-3

…of Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein, the Kingdom of Norway or the Swiss Confederation. "; 3° In Article R. 732-6, after the words: "work permit", the following words are added: "in accordanc…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 6: Mergers, demergers and partial contributions of assets between associations

Article 30-18

…ffice of the new association resulting from the merger, demerger or partial contribution of assets; 3° The date on which the project is finalised and the date scheduled for the meeting of the general…

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