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Showing 14411450 of 61564 articles for Art. Cass. com. 12 May 2004 · Cass. com. 19 October 1982 · Cass. 3e civ. 4 February 1976 · Cass. 3e civ. 2 June 1982

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

Article 212-43

Project development grants are awarded on the basis of the quality of the projects, their artistic ambition and their viability, as well as the experience and results of the production companies and t…

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

Article 212-44

A project receiving development aid may not receive script rewriting aid.Unless an exception is made, the same project may not simultaneously be the subject of an application for project development a…

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

Article 212-42

…nch-initiative feature-length cinematographic works for which investment approval has been granted, may submit up to four projects simultaneously under a development programme.Other production compani…

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

Article 212-41

Selective financial aid is awarded to production companies for the development of long-term film projects.

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

Article 120

…ions or enterprises whose registered office is situated abroad regardless of when they were created;2° Interest, income and profits from interest shares and limited partnerships in companies, corporat…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Enforcement in kind

Article 1221

The creditor of an obligation may, after formal notice, pursue its performance in kind unless such performance is impossible or there is a manifest disproportion between its cost to the debtor in good…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Enforcement in kind

Article 1222

After formal notice, the creditor may also, within a reasonable time and at a reasonable cost, himself enforce the obligation or, with the prior authorisation of the court, destroy what has been done…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Mandate

Article R722-12

…se for him or her in the event of impediment as provided for in the second paragraph of Article L. 722-12.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Deduction of withholding tax and tax credits

Article 199 ter I

I. - The tax credit defined in article 244 quater J is deducted up to one fifth of its amount from the income tax due by the taxpayer in respect of the year during which the credit institution or fina…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Notifications

Article L613-40-2

…ber States concerned of the plans it has drawn up or updated pursuant to Articles L. 613-39, L. 613-40 and L. 613-40-1. The resolution college shall notify, as appropriate, the person mentioned in I o…

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