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Showing 221230 of 49594 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 4-3-1998 n° 96-16.671

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 6: Support for video publishing

Article 422-32

Aid for video publishing may not have the effect of increasing the total amount of public financial aid to more than 50% of the final cost of publishing.

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

Article 432-3

Recipients of aid must:1° Either have at least 10,000 subscribers on a single digital channel at the date of the application for aid;2° Or have directed or produced a work that has won a prize at a fe…

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

Article 421-3

The same project may not, for the same expenses, benefit from both aid granted in application of this chapter and other aid granted by the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, unless an exe…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 7: Advisory Committee

Article 422-35

The Chairman of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée draws up a list of readers after consulting the administrative authority responsible for implementing State policy on sustainable dev…

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

Article 431-3

The same project may not receive both aid for creation and distribution on digital platforms and other aid awarded by the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée.

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

Article 422-3

The same person may not simultaneously apply for or receive more than three Diversity Images grants. Companies constituting a community of economic interests are considered to be the same person.

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

Article 442-3

Aid is awarded in the form of a grant.It may also be decided that the author(s) of the project will be mentored by a member of the committee.

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

Article 433-3

Aid recipients must have at least 50,000 subscribers to a single digital channel at the date of the aid application.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Composition and operation of the Local Finance Committee of French Polynesia.

Article R2573-40-3

The term of office of the associate mayor chairing the Local Finance Committee and his or her deputy is the same as their term of office as mayor. The deputy mayor of the associate mayor chairing the…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Estimates and contracts.

Article 1792-4-3

In addition to actions governed by articles 1792-3, 1792-4-1 and 1792-4-2, liability actions directed against builders designated in articles 1792 and 1792-1 and their subcontractors lapse after ten y…

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