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

Article 919-5

The authors must have previously collaborated on writing or directing at least one cinematographic work in the documentary genre:1° Released in cinemas in France in 2020 or 2021 or scheduled to be rel…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Increased rates for calculating sums representing automatic aid

Article 919-50

For the period between 29 September 2021 and 28 December 2021, the rates are set at :- 273.99% when the total revenue from feature films is less than or equal to €307,500;- 150.69% when the total reve…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Exceptional entry of sums on the automatic account

Article 919-59

…nvestment linked to the deteriorated conditions in which cinematographic works are shown in cinemas and to encourage the distribution of new works, sums are exceptionally entered into the automatic ac…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter 1-2: Examination of genetic characteristics, genetic identification and genetic research.

Article L1541-5

The following provisions of the preliminary chapters, I and III of Title III of Book I of this Part are applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia:1° Articles L. 1130-1 to L. 1130-6, in the vers…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter I: Sports associations

Article R121-5-1

If the activities of the sports association or the manner in which it pursues them fail to comply with the commitments set out in the Republican Commitment Contract it has signed, the Prefect of the d…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Status of the armed forces blood transfusion centre

Article R1222-58-1

The Armed Forces Blood Transfusion Centre must comply with the technical, health and medical conditions defined in articles R. 1222-35 to R. 1222-39.

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-5-1

…not returned shall automatically accrue interest at half the legal rate for a period of two months and then, on expiry of this two-month period, at double the legal rate.The provisions of this articl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Health centres.

Article L6323-1-5

…manager, it is responsible for the policy of continuous improvement in the quality, appropriateness and safety of care, as well as for the ongoing training of the healthcare professionals working in t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Physiotherapists.

Article L4321-18-5

…lectronically.A decree in the Conseil d'Etat will determine the composition of the various councils and disciplinary chambers of the Order of masseur-physiotherapists, the duration and frequency of re…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Physiotherapists.

Article L4321-19-5

The masseur-physiotherapists of Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy are subject to the jurisdiction of the departmental council of the order of masseur-physiotherapists of Guadeloupe.

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