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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R111-1

The enforcement judge of the Paris judicial court has sole jurisdiction to rule on the application for authorisation provided for in Article…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter II: Amicable distribution

Article R332-8

If the creditors party to the proceedings and the debtor reach an agreement on the distribution of the price and, where Article…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 2: Conversion into an attachment for sale

Article R522-8

At the end of a period of eight days from the date of the conversion deed, the bailiff will check the seized assets. A record is drawn up of the missing or damaged property. This deed contains the ind…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: School and university health services.

Article L2325-7

As stated in article…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Allocation of sums held in the automatic cinema distribution account

Article 222-7

The sums entered in the automatic cinema distribution account may be invested with a view to contributing, through the payment of advances, to the financing of the production of long-term cinematograp…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Investment of sums held in the automatic cinema distribution account

Article 222-10

The investment by distribution companies of the sums registered in their automatic cinema distribution account is subject to the issue of a distribution authorisation. This approval is issued after ve…

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

Article 411-75

Short-length audiovisual works are made with the assistance of shooting studios and laboratories established in France, on the territory of a Member State of the European Union or, when they are made…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Investment allowances

Article 411-12

Short-length cinematographic works are made with the assistance of film studios and laboratories established in France, on the territory of another Member State of the European Union or, when they are…

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

Article 422-6

With the exception of writing grants, works for which at least one of the following grants has previously been awarded are eligible for Images of Diversity grants: 1° Automatic or selective grants fro…

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

Article 411-82

The same project may not give rise to the award of selective aid and: 1° Pre-production production aid or production programme aid provided for in this section, with the exception of projects giving r…

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