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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2 : Obligations relating to the issue of a cinema licence

Article R211-24

When a work or document is broadcast on a television service, the public is warned in advance in a clear, intelligible and visible manner, both when the work or document is broadcast and in the progra…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2 : Obligations relating to the issue of a cinema licence

Article R211-23

When a work or document is made available to the public at a time chosen by the user upon individual request made by an electronic communication process, the recipient is warned in advance in a clear,…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2 : Obligations relating to the issue of a cinema licence

Article R211-21

When a work or document is shown in cinemas, the warning attached to the cinematographic licence must be clearly, intelligibly and conspicuously displayed in public view at the entrance to the cinema.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2 : Obligations relating to the issue of a cinema licence

Article R211-22

When a work or a document for which the cinematographic licence includes a specific ban on representation is published in the form of a videogram intended for private use by the public, this fact must…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2 : Obligations relating to the issue of a cinema licence

Article R211-25

When a work or document is broadcast on a television service, the public is informed in advance in a clear, intelligible and visible manner of the warning attached to the cinematographic licence.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to local authorities and local public bodies

Article L2223-2

The deliberative assembly of the local authority or the deliberative body of the local public institution authorises the executive body to sign the partnership contract.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 2: Provisions applicable to local authorities and local public bodies

Article L2221-2

In the case of local authorities and their public bodies, the assessment of how the project is to be carried out, the budgetary sustainability study and the opinions on these are presented to the deli…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Registration of sums in the automatic cinema distribution account

Article 222-6

…phic works fixed on 70 mm film as defined in…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Registration of sums in the automatic cinema distribution account

Article 222-5

When two companies are responsible for the distribution of the same film, the sums are entered in the automatic cinema distribution account of only one of these companies in consideration of the speci…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Additional work, supplies or services which have become necessary

Article R2194-2

The contract may be amended when, subject to the limit set out in article R. 2194-3, additional works, supplies or services, whatever their amount, have become necessary and were not included in the i…

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