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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 5: Exceptional support measure for artistic agents, communications agents and press officers working in the film industry

Article 919-106

…e application form drawn up by the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée electronically by 15 November 2021 at the latest.This form must be accompanied by all documents required to prove that…

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

Article 919-116

…e aid or, where applicable, the agreement signed with the foreign sales company, sets out the terms and conditions for payment of the exceptional aid and the circumstances in which it is repaid.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Specific rules for calculating sums held in the automatic account for promotion abroad in 2023

Article 919-118

…sales companies for commercial representation in cinemas under the conditions set out in articles 721-12, 721-13 and 721-14 is increased by 5%, without prejudice to the application of the formulas set…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions applicable to satellite broadcasting, communication on an ancillary online service and simultaneous, unabridged and unchanged retransmission

Article L217-1-1

The rights related to copyright corresponding to the communication to the public and reproduction of a phonogram or videogram incorporated into a television or radio programme on an ancillary online s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Procedures for implementing genetic characteristic tests and identifications by genetic fingerprinting and informing next of kin

Article L1131-1-1

I.-When a third party donor, within the meaning of Article L. 2143-1, is diagnosed as having a genetic anomaly which may be responsible for a serious condition justifying preventive measures, includin…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Application procedure

Article R5221-15-1

By way of derogation from article R. 5221-15, the Prefect of the Bouches-du-Rhône département is competent to take decisions relating to applications for work permits under article R. 5221-3 which are…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
4°: Société anonyme Natexis or any company it controls within the meaning of article 355-1 of law no. 66-537 of 24 July 1966 on commercial companies

Article 131

The following are exempt from the withholding tax provided for in 1 of l'article 119 bis et du prélèvement prévu au I de Article 125 A : 1° to 4° (Obsolete provisions); 4° bis For their entire duratio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Trader status.

Article L121-1

Traders are those who carry out commercial acts and make it their usual profession.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Protected information

Article L151-1

Any information meeting the following criteria is protected as a business secret: 1° It is not, in itself or in the exact configuration and assembly of its elements, generally known or easily accessib…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L132-14

The publisher is obliged to provide the author with all justifications likely to establish the accuracy of his accounts. If the publisher fails to provide the necessary justifications, he will be obli…

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