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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 211-106

The Chairman of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée may refer to the costing committee any substantial change in the conditions of production or realisation of a project. The costing co…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 211-101

…e director or any other co-author of a cinematographic work, or by the delegated production company;2° A definitive award decision after setting the amount of aid. To obtain this decision, the applica…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 211-105

…f the costing committee mentioned in Article…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 211-109

Without prejudice to the…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to referring courts

Article 1031-23

Where the court of reconsideration refers the case back to a court hearing the case on the merits, the rules of referral and procedure are those applicable to the courts of referral after cassation.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section 2: Provisions specific to referring courts

Article 1031-22

When the Court of Reconsideration grants a request for reconsideration of the appellant's appeal, the proceedings continue before the full court.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-10

…family situation, or against substandard housing and accommodation incompatible with human dignity, may exercise the rights granted to civil parties with regard to the discrimination punishable by art…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Interception of correspondence sent by electronic communications

Article 100-2

This decision is taken for a maximum period of four months. It may only be renewed under the same conditions of form and duration, without the total duration of the interception exceeding one year or,…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Offences relating to account rights and customer relations

Article D*753-26

Article D.* 351-4 is applicable in French Polynesia, as amended by decree no. 2005-1006 of 2 August 2005.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1e: Taxpayers carrying on their professional activity within the framework of a partnership

Article 151 nonies

…his rights or shares in the company are considered in particular for the application of articles 38,72and 93, as assets allocated to the exercise of the profession.II. - 1. In the event of a gratuitou…

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