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Showing 60216030 of 54326 articles for Art. Art. R 224-2

French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Contracts awarded by the national councils of the orders of the medical professions

Article R.4122-4-22

In support of its application, the applicant must provide: 1° A declaration on honour to the effect that it does not fall into any of the cases mentioned in articles L. 2141-1 to L. 2141-11 of the Fre…

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

Article 231-4

Direct allocations are awarded when the following conditions are met: 1° Cinematographic establishments organise an average number of film screenings per cinema equal to or greater than 400 per year d…

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

Article 231-3

Direct grants are awarded to exhibitors of cinematographic establishments for the programming of arthouse cinematographic works that are not widely distributed and that qualify as "research and discov…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Calculation for marketing in the form of videograms

Article 211-28

Sums are calculated for the marketing by sale or rental in the form of videograms intended for the private use of the public of cinematographic works for which production approval has been granted. Th…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Common provisions

Article 223-24

The distribution company has a period of one year from the actual release of the cinematographic work in cinemas to provide the financial documents justifying all the financial investment of the distr…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to portfolio management companies

Article L533-22-2-2

I. In the management of collective investments, portfolio management companies shall take all reasonable steps to obtain the best possible result in executing orders, taking into account price, cost,…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Acquisition of French nationality by marriage

Article 21-2

A foreigner or stateless person who marries a spouse of French nationality may, after a period of four years from the marriage, acquire French nationality by declaration provided that at the date of t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Civil servants and public service employees

Article 28-2

I.-Category A and B tax department agents, specially designated by order of the ministers responsible for justice and the budget, taken after the assent of a commission whose composition and operation…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Provisions relating to the allocation of investment allowances

Article 911-2

Until the date of cessation of the state of health emergency declared by article 1 of decree no. 2020-1257 of 14 October 2020 declaring a state of health emergency and extended until 16 February 2021…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter II: Provisions relating to the eligibility of feature films

Article 912-2

In order to help limit the risk of cinemas becoming overcrowded when they reopen to the public due to the very large number of works whose exhibition has been prevented because of the measures banning…

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