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

Article 919-36

…subject of an agreement concluded with the distribution company. This agreement sets out the terms and conditions for payment of the exceptional assistance.

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

Article 919-37

To receive the exceptional aid, the distribution company must submit the application form drawn up by the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée electronically by 24 August 2021 at the latest.

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

Article 919-38

…22 authorised by the European Commission by decisions of 9 December 2020, 20 May 2020 C (2020) 3460 and 25 May 2020, C (2020) 3532, on the basis of scheme no. SA.56985 for business support authorised…

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

Article 919-35

The decision to award aid is taken after consultation with the first college of the Film Distribution Aid Commission.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Presentation and payment

Article L131-39

…s stated in a currency having the same denomination, but a different value, in the country of issue and in the country of payment, reference is presumed to have been made to the currency of the place…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Indexation

Article L112-3

By way of derogation from the provisions of article L. 112-1 and the first and second paragraphs of article L. 112-2 and in accordance with procedures defined by decree, the following may be indexed t…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Presentation and payment

Article L131-36

Neither the death of the drawer nor the drawer's incapacity occurring after the cheque has been issued affects the effects of the cheque.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Presentation and payment

Article L131-38

A person who pays a cheque without a stop payment is presumed to be validly discharged. The drawee who pays an endorsable cheque is obliged to check the regularity of the series of endorsements, but n…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Downstream

Article L131-30

…he has guaranteed. His undertaking is valid even if the obligation he has guaranteed would be null and void for any reason other than a formal defect. When he pays the cheque, the guarantor acquires…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Presentation and payment

Article L131-32

Cheques issued and payable in mainland France must be presented for payment within eight days. Cheques issued outside mainland France and payable in mainland France must be presented for payment withi…

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