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

Article 916-38

In order to contribute, in the context of the health crisis, to the revival of ambitious film, audiovisual and multimedia production and to the development and consolidation of a fabric of companies e…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: Purpose and award conditions

Article 723-3

Financial aid for the distribution abroad of works representative of world cinematography is awarded to companies established on the territory of a State participating in the "MEDIA" sub-programme of…

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

Article 919-3

Exceptional aid is allocated in the form of a direct grant to authors of works in the documentary genre to enable them to create new works by compensating for part of the loss of income they have suff…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Principle of advance payment

Article R2191-3

The purchaser shall grant an advance payment to the holder of a contract where the initial amount of the contract is greater than 50,000 euros excluding tax and where the performance period is greater…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Remuneration of the holder

Article R2213-3

The partnership contract may stipulate the conditions under which, each year, the sums owed by the purchaser to the contractor and those owed by the contractor by way of penalties or sanctions are off…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Content of technical specifications

Article R2311-3

Wherever possible, technical specifications are drawn up in such a way as to take account of accessibility criteria for people with disabilities or functionality criteria for all users.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Availability of consultation documents

Article R2332-3

Where the purchaser decides to authorise or require the transmission of applications or tenders by electronic means in accordance with the provisions of article R. 2332-11, the consultation documents…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Time limits for acceptance

Article R2351-3

The provisions of article R. 2151-3 apply.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Restricted invitation to tender

Article R2361-3

The minimum time limit for receipt of tenders is forty days from the date of dispatch of the invitation to tender.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Merger

Article L236-3

I. - The merger results in the dissolution without liquidation of the disappearing companies and the transfer of all their assets and liabilities to the surviving companies, in the same condition as o…

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