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Showing 6170 of 50718 articles for Art. Cass. 3e Civ. 13-2-2002 n° 00-17.994 FS-PBR

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

Article 211-139

The application for aid must be submitted by the delegated production company before filming begins.

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

Article 211-135

The decision to award a grant is taken on the advice of the Music Grants Committee.

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

Article 211-136

The aid is awarded in the form of a grant.The aid is the subject of an agreement with the production company.

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

Article 211-134

The application for aid must be submitted by the delegated production company at least three months before the date on which the work is due to be shown in cinemas.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: The creditor's formal notice

Article 1345-2

Where the obligation relates to another object, the debtor is discharged if the obstruction has not ceased within two months of the formal notice..

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special provisions relating to money market instruments

Article 1343-2

Interest due for at least one full year shall accrue interest if the contract so provides or if a court decision so specifies.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Judicial supervision

Article 138-2

In the event of prosecution for a crime or for an offence mentioned in article 706-47, the investigating judge or the liberty and custody judge may, ex officio or at the request of the public prosecut…

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

Article 212-13

The same project may not simultaneously be the subject of a direct grant awarded under article 212-11 and one or more direct grants awarded under article…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General rules

Article 1347-2

Claims that cannot be seized and obligations to return a deposit, a loan for use or a thing of which the owner has been unjustly deprived are only compensable if the creditor consents.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 4: Number of points required

Article 211-13

I.-Feature-length cinematographic works must obtain at least 25 points out of 100. A derogation may be granted by the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée for foreign-initia…

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