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Showing 441450 of 49021 articles for Art. CA Paris 6-2-2023 n° 21/10189

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Purpose and conditions of award

Article 211-88

…on files: 1° Be French-initiated; 2° Have given rise to the issue of production approval during the calendar year preceding that in which the direct subsidies are calculated in accordance with article…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Purpose and conditions of award

Article 211-90

…creating digital subtitling and audio description files and adapting said files to any digital broadcast medium includes:1° Writing the subtitle and audio description texts;2° Interpreting and recordi…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Purpose and conditions of award

Article 211-91

…subject to compliance with Commission Regulation (EU) No 1407/2013 of 18 December 2013 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to de minimis…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Purpose and conditions of award

Article 211-89

Where eligible cinematographic works have been produced in a foreign language and have not been dubbed into French, aid may be granted solely for the creation of a digital subtitling file and the adap…

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

Article 211-83

Direct subsidies are subject to the same payment and repayment conditions as investment subsidies for production, of which they are an accessory.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: General rules governing the composition of the assets and liabilities of the financing body

Article R214-218

…hrough the conversion, exchange or redemption of debt securities or securities giving access to the capital, or through the exercise of rights attached to such securities; c) Rights arising from loans…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: General rules governing the composition of the assets and liabilities of the financing body

Article D214-219

…been determined and whether or not the debtors of these receivables have been identified, including capitalised, doubtful or disputed receivables ; 2° Debt securities, each representing a claim on the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 5: Transportation of the body after committal (R).

Article R2213-21

…tination within metropolitan territory or an overseas department. The pre-transport declaration indicates the presumed date and time of the operation, the name and address of the duly authorised opera…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Prohibition of certain customer-seeking procedures and prohibition of certain agreements or arrangements.

Article R4235-21

Pharmacists may not interfere with customers' free choice of pharmacist. They must refrain from any act of unfair competition.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Advisory Committee

Article 211-94

…oduction companies;4° Two representatives of distribution companies;5° Two representatives of technical industries;6° One representative of production managers;7° One representative of cinematographer…

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