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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: Purpose and award conditions

Article 433-5

The amount of aid may not exceed 50% of eligible expenditure.

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

Article 411-51

…ions:1° The production company requests the use of the financial envelope in sums of a minimum of €25,000 for the production of each work;2° The production company may request the use of up to 20% of…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions relating to beneficiaries

Article 411-5

To be eligible for financial support for production, authors must be French nationals or equivalent.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter II: Award procedure and conditions

Article 442-5

The beneficiary or beneficiaries of aid have a period of one year from the date of the award decision to provide the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée with proof of the progress of the pr…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Provisions relating to the implementation of an internal bail-out measure

Article L613-55-4

I. - When it implements an internal bailout measure referred to in I of Article L. 613-55 or a write-down or conversion measure pursuant to the provisions of sub-section 9 of this section, the resolut…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 7: Provisions relating to the implementation of other resolution measures

Article L613-56-4

…financial instruments resulting from a contract to which a person mentioned in I of Article L. 613-34 subject to a resolution procedure is bound. This suspension takes effect from the publication of t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Provisions relating to financial investments

Article A421-4-5

For the entire asset portfolio, the guarantee fund only invests in assets and instruments with risks that it can identify, measure, monitor, manage, control and report adequately. All assets are inves…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Management standards applicable to investment services providers and prudential provisions applicable to investment firms

Article L533-4-5

…of own funds that has been determined by each Class 2 investment firm in accordance with Article L. 533-2-2 and shall verify that it maintains a level of own funds sufficiently in excess of the requir…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Professional card

Article R4311-41-5

…plication electronically to the regional directorate mentioned in the first paragraph of article R. 4311-41-4. II.The regional directorate mentioned in the first paragraph of article R. 4311-41-4, whi…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Authorisation

Article R212-10-15

In the event of non-compliance with any of the obligations laid down in articles R. 212-10-11 to R. 212-10-13, the rector of the academic region may proceed :1° Suspend the authorisation of the traini…

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