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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 9: Measures relating to the intensity of public aid

Article 919-64

…ibuting them in cinemas due to abnormal market conditions linked to the significant drop in attendance at cinemas in the context of the end of the health crisis.Derogations to the conditions relating…

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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 General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Litigation

Article 1965 A

…Heirs or legatees are entitled, within the period set out in Article R. 196-1 of the Book of Tax Procedures, to claim, subject to the justifications prescribed in Article 770, the deduction of debts e…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Legal status of medical devices.

Article L5211-3-1

…raph 35 of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 are required to register under the conditions laid down in Article 31 of the same Regulat…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Exceptional aid to help people return to work in 2021

Article 919-33

Exceptional aid is awarded to distribution companies that :1° Have distributed at least three cinematographic works that have been released in cinemas and promoted throughout France between 2018 and 2…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Criminal penalties

Article L5461-3

I.-Placing on the market or putting into service on French territory a medical device or its accessories is punishable by five years' imprisonment and a fine of 375,000 euros: 1° Without the EU declar…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 decies D

…ion 1 of Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on fluorinated greenhouse gases and repealing Regulation (EC) No 842/2006, allocated to t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L131-1-2

…by the State and meeting the criteria for financing the energy and ecological transition in accordance with the procedures defined by decree; 3° They have obtained a label recognised by the State and…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Direct taxes and similar levies

Article 1609 H

…e benefit of the local public body Société Grand Projet du Sud-Ouest created in Article 1 of Ordinance no. 2022-307 of 2 March 2022 relating to the Société du Grand Projet du Sud-Ouest, to finance the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Composition and content of the plan

Article R4251-4

…determined, in particular, with regard to identified daily travel needs between home and the workplace. They are aimed at: - the articulation between the different modes of travel, particularly with r…

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