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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 411-53

The sums requested are paid as follows: 1° For the financing of the production of a work: the sum requested is paid in two instalments. The first instalment, which may not exceed 85% of the total amou…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 411-55

For each work in the programme, the production company has :1° A period of two years from the date of the first payment for the financing of its production to apply for or obtain a cinematographic rel…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 411-51

The aid is allocated for the entire programme in the form of a financial envelope, the amount of which is used by the beneficiary for the production or development of the works making up the programme…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Responsibilities.

Article L462-5

I.-The Competition Authority may be seized by the Minister responsible for the economy of any practice referred to in Articles L. 420-1 to L. 420-2-2 and L. 420-5 or contrary to measures taken pursuan…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Closing of the financial year and appropriation of profits.

Article R6145-50

The result of the profit and loss account for each of the activities mentioned in 1° of Article R. 6145-12 is allocated, during the financial year following that to which it relates, in accordance wit…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions of practice of the profession of industrial property attorney

Article L422-5

…aration must be made, at the latest, two years after the entry into force of the aforementioned loi n° 90-1052 du 26 novembre 1990. No one may be entered on the list provided for in the first paragrap…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Public interest groups (R)

Article D1115-5

…relating to the economic and financial control of the State and, where applicable, those of décret n° 53-707 du 9 août 1953 relatif au contrôle de l'Etat sur les entreprises publiques nationales et c…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Mobility vouchers

Article L3261-5

The payment referred to in articles L. 3261-3 and L. 3261-3-1 may take the form of a specific, dematerialised, prepaid payment solution called a "titre-mobilité". These vouchers are issued by a specia…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Annex I

Article Rubrique 5

Heading 5-Operations involving real estate and business assets 51. Amicable acquisition of buildings for valuable consideration . 511. Simple sale 5111. 5111 Immobilisation indemnity 1. Deliberation a…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: General principles

Article A823-5

The professional practice standard relating to audit planning, approved by the Minister of Justice, is shown below: . NEP-300. Audit planning Introduction 01. The audit of the accounts carried out by…

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