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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 387

Where the court is seised of several proceedings concerning related facts, it may order that they be joined either of its own motion, or at the request of the public prosecutor, or at the request of o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 398

…ost senior magistrate of the highest rank. However, for the trial of the offences listed in article 398-1, it is composed of a single one of these magistrates exercising the powers conferred on the pr…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 399

The number and day of correctional hearings are set by joint decision of the president of the judicial court and the public prosecutor. The same applies to the provisional composition of these hearing…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Distillers

Article 320

The following are considered to be cooperative associations: groupings of owners, farmers and sharecroppers united in professional syndicates or cooperative distillation associations, which deposit th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IV: Distillers

Article 319

At the request of town councils or agricultural and distillers' unions, at least one public distillation workshop shall be opened per commune or hamlet, on public sites or premises designated by the r…

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

Article 212-31

To be eligible for screenplay rewriting grants, authors must, depending on the case :1° Where the rewrite concerns a first screenplay, provide evidence of artistic experience in the film or audiovisua…

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

Article 212-30

Screenplay rewriting grants are intended for projects presented in the form of a dialogue continuity for which additional writing work is required.

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

Article 212-32

To be eligible for screenplay rewriting grants, production companies must, depending on the case :1° Submit the first screenplay by an author who has artistic experience in the film or audiovisual fie…

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

Article 212-39

The maximum amount of support is €21,000, including a maximum of €9,000 for the author.

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

Article 212-34

A project that has received scriptwriting support is not eligible for script rewriting support.

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