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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Shares.

Article L228-29-7-2

…in a Member State of the European Union and whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated market established or operating in a Member State of the European Union. II.-The intermediaries referre…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4: Production support

Article 422-24

…fect of bringing the total amount of public financial aid: 1° For feature-length cinematographic works, audiovisual works and video games, to more than 50% of the final production cost of the work; 2°…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 3: Support for project development

Article 422-20

…fect of bringing the total amount of public financial aid: 1° For feature-length cinematographic works and audiovisual works, to more than 50% of the final production cost of the work; 2° For feature-…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-section 2: Implementation of the plan.

Article R626-36

…h of Article L. 622-8. The plan execution commissioner distributes the price among the creditors, makes the payment and removes the registrations. In the event of the sale of an immovable, the price i…

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

Article 212-5

…ct that includes a remuneration proportional to the revenue from the sale or exploitation of the work.The same cinematographic work may not be taken into account for the eligibility of more than three…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Projects subject to authorisation.

Article L752-1-1

…said operation, are not subject to authorisation for commercial use. This agreement may, however, make authorisation for commercial use subject to the agreement for the revitalisation of the area defi…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°: Payment by bank transfer of final levies, withholding taxes and the annual contribution on rental income

Article 1681 quinquies

1. The levies provided for in Articles 117 quater and 125 A and the levies established, liquidated and recovered according to the same rules, as well as the withholding tax provided for in Article 119…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Tax fines

Article 1770 duodecies

…od runs from the date of delivery or receipt of the report referred to in article L. 80 O of the Book of Tax Procedures, the proposal referred to in the first paragraph of article L. 57 of the same bo…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER III : Subdivisions of the department

Article L3113-2

…seil d'Etat after consultation with the departmental council, which gives its opinion within six weeks of the matter being referred to it. On expiry of this period, its opinion is deemed to have been…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Publication of acts issued by municipal authorities

Article R2131-1

I. - Acts published in electronic form are made available to the public on the municipality's website in their entirety, in an unmodifiable format and under conditions that ensure their preservation,…

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