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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Investment transactions.

Article R442-9-2

Political risk arises when the investor's property rights or those attaching thereto, or the special rights and advantages granted to him by the authorities of the country in which the investment was…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article R442-2

Guarantees relating to the risks mentioned in article L. 432-2 are granted by decision of the Minister for the Economy, taken after consultation with the Commission for Guarantees and Foreign Trade Cr…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Export transactions

Article R442-8-8

The guarantee may cover the risk of non-payment of sums owed by French companies:a) French or foreign credit institutions, insurance companies or finance companies in respect of sureties, guarantees o…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article R442-6

The Managing Director of the body referred to in article L. 432-2 is appointed by order of the Minister for the Economy. He/she is appointed for a renewable term of 36 months.

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

Article 442-3

Aid is awarded in the form of a grant.It may also be decided that the author(s) of the project will be mentored by a member of the committee.

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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
Chapter II: Award procedure and conditions

Article 442-5

The beneficiary or beneficiaries of aid have a period of one year from the date of the award decision to provide the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée with proof of the progress of the pr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: Unfair commercial practices between companies.

Article R442-4

Infringements of the provisions of articles L. 442-10 and L. 442-11 are punishable by the fine laid down for fifth-class contraventions. Repeated offences are punishable in accordance with the provisi…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article L2661-5

…L. 442-1 et seq. of the same code" are replaced by references to locally applicable p…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Adaptation provisions

Article L2651-5

…L. 442-1 et seq. of the same code" are replaced by references to locally applicable p…

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