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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Single section: Film ombudsman

Article R213-5

…any fact, grievance or piece of evidence without informing the parties concerned in a manner that allows them to discuss its merits.The parties may be assisted by a lawyer or any other person of thei…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Application for approval

Article R212-52

If the President of the Centre National du Cinéma et de l'Image Animée remains silent for more than three months on an application for approval, this will be deemed to constitute a decision of accepta…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Application for approval

Article R212-57

The application for amending approval shall be accompanied by all documents relating to the substantial change(s) envisaged. When examining the application, all or some of the economic data listed in…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Application for approval

Article R212-53

When a cinema operator has already set up an approved cinema access scheme, it must send the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée any new application for approval no later t…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisional approval

Article D331-59

The executive production company is notified of the provisional approval decision or the decision to refuse provisional approval. The provisional approval decision mentions the date of receipt of the…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Approval of works

Article D332-5

In the case of international co-productions, payments made in execution of production association contracts may not exceed 50% of the participation provided by companies that are nationals of a Member…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisional approval

Article D331-57

The application for provisional approval is submitted by the executive production company.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Penalty procedure

Article R423-5

The Regulatory Control Commission draws up its own rules of procedure, which are published in the Official Journal of the French Republic.

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter II: Seizable assets

Article R112-5

When an account is credited with the amount of a claim that cannot be seized in whole or in part, the amount of the claim that cannot be seized is transferred to the balance of the account. Unseizable…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Paragraph 2: Disputes relating to the validity of the seizure

Article R221-56

An application for a declaration of nullity does not suspend the seizure unless the court orders otherwise.

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