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

Article 212-5

…bled production approval to be granted or distribution approval to be granted;3° It must have had a final production cost of less than :- 500,000 for documentaries;- €4,000,000 for fiction;- €7,000,00…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Single chapter

Article R251-4

…f a reply within the time limit, he/she is deemed to have accepted the proposal and that it becomes final if no objection is lodged.

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 3: Multiple assets or seizures

Article R321-12

…rs. The judgment indicates the properties on which proceedings are temporarily suspended. After the final sale, the creditor may resume proceedings on the property thus excepted if the price of the pr…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Administrative protection

Article L431-4

In the absence of a final court ruling based on article L. 431-6, a decree in the Council of State, issued after a public enquiry carried out in accordance with the code de l'expropriation pour cause…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L2122-4

…ompatibility takes effect from the date on which the court decision confirming the election becomes final.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VI: Requests for prior acts

Article 626

A person convicted of a felony or misdemeanour by a final criminal judgment or, in the event of incapacity, his or her legal representative or, in the event of death or declared absence, the persons m…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXIV: Procedure applicable to breaches of automated data processing systems

Article 706-72-2

…d of the ruling of the Criminal Division of the Court of Cassation. As soon as the order has become final, the Public Prosecutor sends the case file to the Paris Public Prosecutor. This Article shall…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Operation

Article L512-39

…ing the appointment of a committee responsible for the provisional management of a local mutual are final only after approval by the central body of Crédit Agricole.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Conditions relating to aid intensity

Article 221-6

…or the restricted forecast conditions for its exhibition in cinemas. A low-budget work is one whose final cost is less than or equal to €1,250,000.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Conditions relating to the works

Article 722-6

…works abroad:1° Either have been the subject of a duly completed and certified acceptance of their final version by one or more television service publishers or one or more on-demand audiovisual medi…

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