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

Article 712-5

…least equal to the amount of the additional aid.The following are considered as production expenses1° Remuneration and social security contributions paid to authors, performers and directing and prod…

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

Article 712-4

Complementary aid is awarded to the production company designated as the beneficiary by agreement between the co-production parties. This company must be established in a country located in the Africa…

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

Article 712-6

…means of financing, as well as the appropriateness of the production expenses mentioned in article 712-5 to the nature of the project and the economic conditions of the production.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The undertaking given by the insolvency practitioner in the main insolvency proceedings

Article L692-7

…s who proposes to give a commitment pursuant to Article 36 of the aforementioned Regulation (EU) No 2015/848 shall obtain the agreement of all local creditors affected by that commitment, including th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
a: Provisions common to inheritances and gifts

Article 787 A

…wards of the State, the Nation or the Republic and to the children referred to in 3° of article L. 222-5 of the Code de l'Action Sociale et des Familles (Social Action and Family Code) benefit from t…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
a: Provisions common to inheritances and gifts

Article 784 C

In the case of gradual or residual gifts as referred to in articles 1048 to 1061 of the Civil Code, at the time of the transmission, the legatee or donee established first is liable for transfer dutie…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
a: Provisions common to inheritances and gifts

Article 787 C

…ity transferred by death or inter vivos are exempt from transfer duties for no consideration, up to 75% of their value, if the following conditions are met: a.The sole proprietorship mentioned above h…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Failure to comply with house arrest requirements

Article L824-7

…nked to activities of a terrorist nature, which is prescribed for him or her pursuant to article L. 733-15.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Public-interest mission and marketing of structured deposits

Article L775-7

…d in the right-hand column of the same table: Articles applicable In the wording resulting from L. 511-104 Order no. 2014-158 of 20 February 2014 L. 511-105Order 2016-827 of 23 June 2016

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The undertaking given by the insolvency practitioner in the main insolvency proceedings

Article R692-7

…dings shall notify the undertaking he proposes to give pursuant to Article 36 of Regulation (EU) No 2015/848 of 20 May 2015 to the debtor's known local creditors who have an establishment on national…

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