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

Article 212-11

…nts are awarded to help finance development costs other than writing, rewriting, rights acquisition and, for works in the animation genre, graphic design.

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

Article 212-10

Direct grants for the development of projects are awarded in addition to the selective grants awarded pursuant to article…

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

Article 212-12

…212-17 and…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Commencement of employment, management, remuneration and benefits

Article R6153-24-1

…ch of the trade union organisations representing students in the third cycle of medical, odontology and pharmacy studies at national level may designate, each semester, two students in this cycle who…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 1: Death certificate

Article R2213-1-2

…lectronic medium in compliance with the provisions of article L. 1110-4-1 of the Public Health Code and transmit the sections of this certificate without delay under the conditions set out in II, III…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Provisions specific to specialised finance companies

Article L214-190-2

…ons simplifiée. The company shall indicate its status as a specialised finance company on all deeds and documents intended for third parties. Articles L. 214-177 to L. 214-179 apply to specialised fin…

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

Article 211-100

Pre-production production grants are awarded on the basis of the nature of the subject and the characteristics, qualities and production conditions of the works.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Staff

Article R511-2

Where they have been given authority to sign on behalf of a credit institution or finance company, members of the staff of that company may not, without the authorisation of the general management, pe…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Exemptions granted by the Prefect

Article R3132-20-1

…0,000 m2 ;2° Have an annual customer base in excess of 2 million;3° Have appropriate infrastructure and be accessible by individual and public transport.II. - When the zone is located less than 30 kil…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Invalidity of the trade mark

Article L716-2-1

The application for a declaration of invalidity may relate to some or all of the goods or services for which the contested mark is registered. An application for a declaration of invalidity may be bas…

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