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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Specific investment for certain animated works

Article 211-71

…1° The amount invested by the production company under the automatic audiovisual production account may not exceed €500,000;2° The total amount invested by the production company under the automatic a…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Allocation of sums held in the automatic foreign promotion account

Article 721-21

The sums entered in the automatic foreign promotion account may be invested either in the foreign promotion of specific cinematographic works or in the foreign promotion of the companies' catalogue of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the enforcement of confiscation orders issued by the courts of another Member State of the European Union

Article 713-21

Notwithstanding the provisions of 5° of Article 713-20, the execution of the confiscation order may not, with regard to taxes or duties, customs and exchange, be refused on the grounds that French law…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Direct production allowances for production conditions

Article 211-75

…ion companies to invest the sums entered in their automatic account for the benefit of the 25% rate may be exercised up to a limit of €200,000 and three cinematographic works, per financial year and p…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Direct production allowances for production conditions

Article 211-74

…ter consulting the approval committee, is set at 64 points out of the 100-point scale. A derogation may only be granted if justified by artistic imperatives relating to the screenplay and if the numbe…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article L228-29-7

…ecree in the Conseil d'Etat shall set the terms and conditions for the application of articles L. 228-29-1 to L. 228-29-6, in particular the conditions not provided for in Article L. 228-29-1 under wh…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction

Article 706-18

The public prosecutor at a judicial court other than that of Paris may, for offences falling within the scope of Article 706-16, request the investigating judge to relinquish jurisdiction in favour of…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Acquisition of French nationality by birth and residence in France

Article 21-7

Any child born in France of foreign parents acquires French nationality on coming of age if, on that date, he or she has his or her residence in France and has had his or her habitual residence in Fra…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Common provisions

Article 211-73

…the expenses mentioned in 4° of article…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Direct production allowances for parity between women and men

Article 211-77

In order to promote equal access for women and men to the management of production companies and to key positions in creation and production, direct allocations are awarded in addition to the sums inv…

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