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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Approval of investments

Article 211-41

The investment of sums held in their automatic cinema production account by production companies for the production of long-running cinematographic works is subject to the issue of an investment autho…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Approval of investments

Article 211-45

The sums invested by the production companies and any direct allocations are allocated in advance of the final allocation decision constituted by the production licence.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Approval of investments

Article 211-49

…o required: 1° For the payment of pre-production production aid and production aid for genre films; 2° For the admission of cinematographic works produced as part of international co-productions to th…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Approval of investments

Article 211-48

…onal circumstances and at the reasoned request of the production company, the aforementioned period may be extended for a period not exceeding two years, by decision of the President of the Centre nat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Medical applications

Article L1333-19

…the application to these procedures of the principle of justification mentioned in article L. 1333-2.III - Medical physicists employed by public health establishments are non-tenured employees of the…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3: Income from securities issued outside France and similar income

Article 122

1. Subject to 2, the income is determined by the gross value in euros of the products collected according to the exchange rate on the day of the payments, without any deduction other than that of the…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 1: The Departmental Director and Deputy Departmental Director of Fire and Rescue Services

Article R1424-19-1

…ficer of the health subdirectorate and the heads of fire and rescue groups, services and centres.He may delegate some of his powers to his deputy, the chief medical officer and the heads of fire and r…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Cooperative societies.

Article R4131-19

…tself result in the dissolution of the company. However, the heirs and assigns of a deceased member may only claim remuneration for the contribution made by the deceased in the form of any interest st…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 5: Safeguard of justice.

Article 1249

…decision by which the guardianship judge places an adult under court protection pursuant to Article 433 of the Civil Code is notified to the applicant and the protected adult and is forwarded to the p…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Contracts awarded by the national councils of the orders of the medical professions

Article R.4122-4-23

…eeded by economic operators to prepare their tenders. The minimum time limit for receipt of tenders may not be less than thirty-five days from the date on which the contract notice is sent in the case…

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