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

Article 422-4

Images of Diversity grants are awarded to works on the basis of their artistic quality.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter II: Award procedure and conditions

Article 442-4

The amount of the grant is set at €20,000.When the application is submitted by two authors, the amount of the grant is shared as agreed between them.The grant is paid in a single instalment at the tim…

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

Article 411-46

Each of the points awarded is weighted according to the following coefficients:I. - Weighting for duration:1° Each point on the scale is weighted by a multiplier of 1 for a work lasting less than 20 m…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: Purpose and award conditions

Article 433-4

Grants are awarded to help cover the following expenses:1° Expenditure on the production of works or the acquisition of broadcasting rights for works;2° Technical expenditure on putting works online,…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Title XVI: Controls on cash transported by bearer or forming part of a consignment without the intervention of a bearer to or from abroad.

Article 465

I.-Failure to comply with the reporting obligations set out in Articles L. 152-1 to L. 152-1-2 and in Regulation (EU) No 2018/1672 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on c…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Dissolution.

Article L125-19

…on or the Articles of Association, the receivership or liquidation of one of the members does not automatically result in the dissolution of the economic interest group.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Archaeology

Article L1421-7

The rules relating to the archaeological services of local authorities are laid down by the provisions of articles L. 522-7 and L. 522-8 of the French Heritage Code.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Downstream

Article L131-30

The guarantor is bound in the same way as the person 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 defe…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Downstream

Article L131-29

…aval" or any other equivalent wording; it is signed by the giver of the guarantee. It is considered to result solely from the signature of the giver of the guarantee, affixed to the front of the chequ…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Downstream

Article L131-28

…a guarantee. This guarantee is provided by a third party, other than the drawee, or even by a signatory to the cheque.

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