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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Conditions relating to completion

Article 311-12

…iples concerning the broadcasting of cinematographic and audiovisual works, with the assistance of: 1° Authors, principal actors, technicians and creative collaborators who are French nationals or ass…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Conditions relating to completion

Article 311-14

When a work is produced as part of an international co-production, it must:1° Be financed by a French participation equal to at least 30% of its final cost, unless a special provision is made in an in…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Conditions relating to completion

Article 311-15

…in France and taken into account for the calculation of aid are capped at 80% of the production budget for audiovisual works.

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

Article 722-12

Companies whose audiovisual works have been co-produced or pre-purchased with companies established abroad are not eligible for direct subsidies for the promotion of these works abroad in the language…

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

Article 722-14

With regard to the production of demonstration tapes, direct subsidies are reserved for the promotion of series and collections with a total running time of more than four hours and with episodes or i…

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

Article 722-10

Direct grants are awarded either for the promotion abroad of specific audiovisual works or for the promotion abroad of the companies' catalogue of works mentioned in article 722-6.

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

Article 722-11

…irectly allocated to the promotion of works abroad, excluding the company's own operating expenses: 1° Dubbing into a foreign version or purchase of an existing dubbed version; 2° Subtitling into a fo…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Transitional provisions

Article R355-6

…2020, insurance and reinsurance undertakings shall transmit to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution the solvency and financial position report, the regular report to the supervisor an…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Composition

Article L612-4

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution comprises a supervisory board, a resolution board and an Enforcement Committee.With the exception of sections 4 and 5 of Chapter III of this Title…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Composition

Article L612-8

The supervisory board may set up one or more specialised committees from among its members and delegate to them the power to take individual decisions, under conditions laid down by decree in the Cons…

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