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

Article 231-25

…2° Or cinematographic works that have benefited from aid for the distribution of repertoire works; 3° Or cinematographic works qualified as "heritage and repertoire". The list of works qualified as "…

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

Article 231-21

Labels may be awarded by the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée when classifying arthouse cinemas and awarding subsidies.Labels may be accumulated.

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

Article 231-9

…c works within the meaning of articles…

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

Article 231-19

The amount of aid is capped at :- 1.5 € per admission to arthouse screenings recorded during the reference period for categories A, B, C, D;- 2.5 € per admission to arthouse screenings or 1.5 € per ad…

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

Article 231-24

…cinematographic works provided for in…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Supplementary provisions

Article D3121-23

…led or before he or she has acquired sufficient rights to be able to take this rest shall receive a cash indemnity the amount of which corresponds to his or her acquired rights. This indemnity is also…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 5: Establishments and organisations authorised to carry out vaccinations

Article D3111-23

The application for authorisation is sent to the Director General of the Regional Health Agency for the region in which the vaccination centre is to be located, together with a dossier, the content of…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Designation procedures

Article R23-112-11

The conditions set out in articles L. 23-112-1 and L. 23-112-4 are assessed on the date of appointment as a member of the regional cross-industry joint committee.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Purchases for resale

Article 1115

…oodwill and shares in real estate companies made by taxable persons within the meaning of article 256 A are exempt from transfer duties and taxes when the purchaser undertakes to resell within five ye…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VIII ter: Exemption for capital gains realised on the sale of inland waterway vessels used to transport goods

Article 238 sexdecies

Capital gains subject to the articles 39 duodecies to 39 quindecies and realised on the disposal of inland waterway vessels used for the transport of goods, in operation by a river transport company o…

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