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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Purpose and terms of allocation

Article 919-112

Exceptional grants are awarded and their amount is determined taking into account :1° The financial difficulties encountered by the foreign sales company in 2020 and 2021;2° The quality of the promoti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Other prohibited practices

Article L442-9

…hable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of €30,000 to artificially raise or lower either the price of goods or services, or of public or private items, in particular during remote auctions: 1° By…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Criminal provisions

Article R3124-9

Employing an employee on a part-time basis without complying with the limits in terms of the number or duration of daily work breaks provided for by article L. 3123-30 orby an extended or approved col…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Designation of customs officers responsible for carrying out certain judicial police duties

Article A36-9

…the chairman shall convene a meeting of the committee for the purpose of drawing up the list of officers for whom the committee shall issue a favourable opinion on the granting of the status of custom…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Risk assessment

Article R4452-9

…is carried out by the employer after consulting the social and economic committee, with the assistance, where appropriate, of the occupational health service. This assessment is renewed periodically,…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Appendices

Article Annexe 9

…et du droit d'asile relatif aux titres de séjour dont la demande s'effectue au moyen d'un téléservice Arrêté du 31 mars 2023 pris en application de l'article R. 431-2 du code de l'entrée et du séjour…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Exceptional registration due to difficulties in exhibiting and manufacturing cinematographic works as a result of the health crisis

Article 919-20

…ccount, delegated production companies shall send electronically, between 1 September 2021 and 31 December 2021, an application form drawn up by the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée acco…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3 : Conversion into a grant of part of the advances granted to finance the initial installation of digital projection equipment in cinemas

Article 916-24

…ich has been particularly affected by the covid-19 epidemic and its economic and financial consequences, the part of the advances granted to operators of cinematographic entertainment establishments u…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Support measures for authors of fictional or animated cinematographic works

Article 919-2

For applications for aid for project design submitted between 1 October 2021 and 31 December 2022, the ceiling stipulated in article 212-8 is raised to €15,000.The amount of aid granted between 1 Janu…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Technical protection and information measures

Article L331-9

Television service publishers and distributors may not use technical measures that would have the effect of depriving the public of the benefit of the private copy exception, including on a medium and…

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