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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Consultative Commission

Article 443-2

The reading committees comprise two readers chosen from a list drawn up each year by the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée and one member of the Commission des aides au p…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Consultative Commission

Article 443-1

The Commission des aides au parcours d'auteur is made up of ten members chosen, for each session, from a list drawn up each year by the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IV: Free pricing and competition.

Article L430-8

…ial penalty on the persons who made the notification, which may not exceed the amount defined in I. III. - In the event of an omission or inaccurate statement in a notification, the Competition Author…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IV: Free pricing and competition.

Article L430-7-1

I. - Within five working days of the date on which it received the decision of the Competition Authority or was informed of it pursuant to Article L. 430-5, the Minister responsible for the economy ma…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK III: Certain forms of sale and exclusivity clauses.

Article L330-1

The period of validity of any exclusivity clause by which the purchaser, transferee or lessee of movable property undertakes vis-à-vis its seller, transferor or lessor not to use similar or complement…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IV: Free pricing and competition.

Article L430-10

When questioning third parties about the transaction, its effects and the commitments proposed by the parties, and making their decision public under conditions laid down by decree, the Autorité de la…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IV: Free pricing and competition.

Article L430-1

…an autonomous economic entity shall constitute a concentration within the meaning of this Article. III. - For the purposes of this Title, control derives from rights, contracts or other means which c…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IV: Free pricing and competition.

Article L430-9

The Competition Authority may, in the event of abuse of a dominant position or a state of economic dependence, enjoin, by reasoned decision, the undertaking or group of undertakings in question to ame…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IV: Free pricing and competition.

Article L430-2

…fall within the scope of the aforementioned Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 of 20 January 2004. III.-Where at least one of the parties to the concentration carries on all or part of its business i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
BOOK IV: Free pricing and competition.

Article L430-6

When a merger is the subject of an in-depth review pursuant to the last paragraph of III of Article L. 430-5, the Autorité de la concurrence examines whether it is likely to harm competition, in parti…

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