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

Article 421-7

A production company may not submit an application for development aid or an application for enhanced development aid if it has already received five development or enhanced development aids for proje…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
III: Transfer of ownership of movable property for valuable consideration

Article 732 bis

Acquisitions of corporate rights made by a company created with a view to acquiring another company under the conditions provided for in Article

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Direct production allowances for parity between women and men

Article 211-79

1° For cinematographic works belonging to the animation genre and produced in two dimensions, points are allocated as follows:- legal representative of the production company or person acting as produ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Labelling.

Article R5141-73

Without prejudice to the information required by the legislative and regulatory provisions relating to poisonous substances, the labelling of the immediate packaging and the outer packaging of a veter…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Jurisdiction and procedure before courts of first instance

Article 712-8

Decisions modifying or refusing to modify the measures mentioned in the first and fourth paragraphs of article 712-6 or the obligations resulting from these measures or from measures ordered by the se…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Conditional release

Article 730-3

When the length of the sentence served is at least equal to twice the length of the sentence still to be served, the situation of the convicted person serving one or more custodial sentences of a tota…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Special schemes and exemptions

Article 722 bis

The 2% rate of transfer duty provided for in Article 719 is reduced to 0% for acquisitions of businesses and clienteles made in the zones franches urbaines-territoires entrepreneurs defined in B of 3…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Authorisation procedure

Article R1243-7

I. - Substantial changes to the authorisation referred to in Article R. 1243-6 are subject to prior written authorisation by the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et d…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Operating rules

Article L327-7

The Audit Committee sits on the premises of the Court of Audit, which provides its secretariat.

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Common provisions

Article R4371-7

The regional directorate for youth, sport and social cohesion provides the committee's secretariat.

AI translation · Updated 2 Nov 2023Open Article
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