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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-21-1

A director may become an employee of a public limited company on whose board he sits if, at the close of a financial year, that company does not exceed the thresholds defining small and medium-sized e…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: The Board of Directors

Article L1424-26

The Board of Directors deliberates, in the six months preceding the renewal of the representatives of the municipalities and public establishments for inter-municipal cooperation, on the number and di…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations of delegated producers

Article L213-26

The co-production contract, the financing contract and the contracts concluded with the authors and with any other natural or legal person benefiting from a share of the receipts from the exploitation…

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

Article 223-26

Structural grants are awarded to distribution companies that:1° Regularly distribute new or repertory works. Companies that have distributed at least three cinematographic works during each of the two…

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

Article 232-26

Aid may only be granted if the sums entered in the automatic cinema exhibition account and the advances to which the beneficiary is entitled are insufficient. These sums and advances must be used in f…

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

Article 321-26

Support for the production of immersive works is awarded on the basis of the following criteria:1° The quality of the writing and the visual proposal;2° The suitability of the project for the targeted…

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

Article 611-26

Selective financial assistance helps to cover the following publishing costs:1° Purchases and pre-purchases of exploitation rights and, where applicable, payment of guaranteed minimums;2° Expenditure…

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

Article 612-26

For rights-holding companies, in addition to the criteria laid down for publishers of on-demand audiovisual media services, selective financial aid is awarded in consideration of the prospects for mar…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Professional non-trading companies

Article R422-26

After the close of each financial year, the manager or managers shall draw up, under the conditions set out in Article 1856 of the Civil Code, an overall written report including the company's annual…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Requests concerning national defence

Article R612-26

Delegates of the Minister of Defence, specially empowered for this purpose and whose names and capacities have been brought to the attention of the Director of the National Institute of Industrial Pro…

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