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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 11: Access to electricity or natural gas consumption data

Article D224-28

…f accessing this data on a secure space made available to him by the distribution network operator; 3° A direct link to: a) The distribution network operator's website; b) The website set up to inform…

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

Article 199 ter-0 B

Unitholders in a real estate investment trust mentioned in Article 239 nonies may offset all or part of the tax credits attached to the income and profits mentioned in article L. 214-81 of the Monetar…

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

Article 312-28

Selective financial aid is awarded for the rewriting of a new version of an audiovisual work project, known as the "reworked version", jointly to the authors and their collaborators responsible for he…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Civil servants and public service employees

Article 28-3

…estigation with officers and agents of the judicial police or customs officers mentioned in article 28-1 of this code. To carry out the duties set out in this article, they have jurisdiction throughou…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 5: Aid for collective operations

Article 322-28

…sts associated with organising the operation;2° Costs of drawing up the programme for the operation;3° Costs of conferences and workshops;4° Costs of hiring spaces and equipment;5° Communication and r…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: List of reference works

Article 311-28

A list of reference works is drawn up each year for the purpose of calculating the sums representing the automatic financial assistance to which production companies are entitled.

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

Article 321-28

…cle…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes I

Article Annexe I-5 art R131-1 et R131-11

…line or disciplines which the federation organises and promotes;1.1.2. The date of its creation;1.1.3. The address of its registered office, and the procedure to be followed for transferring the regis…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Investment rules.

Article R214-32-28

…er to achieve its management objective, receive or grant the guarantees mentioned in article L. 211-38, under the conditions defined in that same article, as well as receive joint and several guarante…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Conditions relating to aid intensity

Article 311-18

The amount of aid for the production and preparation of a given audiovisual work may not exceed 40% of the final cost of that work and, in the case of an international co-production, 40% of the French…

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