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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Local bodies

Article R6147-7-2

The Chairman of the Assistance publique-hôpitaux de Paris Institutional Medical Committee may delegate all or some of the following powers to the Chairman of the local Institutional Medical Committee…

AI translation · Updated 31 Oct 2023Open Article
French General Tax CodeIn force
D: Land registration and publicity

Article 1837

I. - Anyone who has fraudulently made the statements prescribed by the provisions of Chapter I of Title IV of Part 1 of Book I and the texts enacted to implement them shall be punished by three years'…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4: Recovery and control

Article L115-18

Where the taxpayer has not filed his declaration within the time limits mentioned in…

AI translation · Updated 8 Nov 2023Open Article
French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4: Relocation of film screenings

Article L212-18

When, due to the suspension of the operation of one of its cinemas, an operator of a cinema wishes to organise film screenings that are part of the programming of this cinema outside the establishment…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4 : Digital equipment for cinemas cinematographic establishments

Article L213-18

In the event of a dispute concerning the application of 1° of I of article L. 213-16 and article L. 213-17, the matter may be referred to the Cinema Mediator pursuant to article L. 213-1 . The cinema…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Election of employee representatives

Article D112-18

Voting takes place on polling day. Voting is personal and secret. Voting by proxy is not permitted.Postal voting is permitted only for voters on annual leave, absent for health reasons, on maternity o…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Eligible production expenditure

Article D331-18

The rules relating to expenditure giving entitlement to the tax credit for expenditure on delegated production of cinematographic or audiovisual works are set out in Articles 46 quater-0 YL to 46 quat…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Compliance with environmental obligations

Article 122-18

Companies applying for financial assistance for the production of long or short cinematographic works or for the production of audiovisual works in the fiction or documentary genre must submit the fol…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article 212-18

Projects for original French-language works or, if at least two different languages are used, for works in which French or a regional language used in France is the most widely used language, are elig…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Conditions relating to the accessibility of works to people with sensory disabilities

Article 211-18

The creation of digital subtitling and audio description files and the adaptation of these files to any digital broadcast medium must comply with the methodological requirements of the Charter on the…

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