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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Exceptional aid to help people return to work in 2021

Article 919-33

…a number of cinema admissions less than or equal to 200,000 during one of the years 2018, 2019 or 2020.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Support measures for authors of fictional or animated cinematographic works

Article 919-1

…or animation:1° Either the release of which in cinematographic theatres in France was scheduled for 2020 and could not take place due to measures banning the admission of the public to these theatres;…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
section 2: Contracts concluded between a performer and a videogram producer

Article L212-7

Contracts entered into prior to 1 January 1986 between a performer and a producer of an audiovisual work or their assignees shall be subject to the foregoing provisions in respect of the modes of expl…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Fonds de compensation des risques de l'assurance de la construction.

Article R431-48

The compensation fund set up by article L. 431-14 contributes, within the framework of the agreements provided for in the said article, to compensation for losses affecting buildings for which work be…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Social debt repayment contributions paid to the social debt repayment fund (Caisse d'amortissement de la dette sociale)

Article 1600-0 G

The contribution for the repayment of the social debt based on income from assets is established, controlled and collected in accordance with article 15 of order no. 96-50 of 24 January 1996 relating…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Social debt repayment contributions paid to the social debt repayment fund (Caisse d'amortissement de la dette sociale)

Article 1600-0 H

The contribution for the repayment of the social debt levied on investment income is established, controlled and collected in accordance with article 16 of order no. 96-50 of 24 January 1996 relating…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Automated processing of personal data known as "digital criminal records

Article R249-14

In accordance with the provisions of article 111 of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 as amended relating to information technology, files and freedoms, access to data and the conditions for its rectifi…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAINT-BARTHÉLEMY

Article R442-2

…the following provisions shall apply to Saint-Barthélemy in the wording resulting from decree no. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise stated in the table below. Applicable articles In th…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 6: Access to the cinema

Article L212-31

…de la concurrence, specifies the terms of the association contract provided for by articles L. 212-29 and L. 212-30. This contract may not contain any clause relating to the programming of the associ…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Closure decisions.

Article L3132-30

The closure provided for in article L. 3132-29 does not apply to exhibitors' stands at exhibitions, fairs or shows included on a list determined, after consultation with the employers' and employees'…

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