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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Calculation methods for fiction, animation and audiovisual adaptations of live performances

Article 311-43

…000.IV. - For series in the first group mentioned in I, the applicable coefficient is increased by 25% for the first 600 minutes produced when:1° Each episode lasts between 45 and 52 minutes;2° The w…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Measures to boost film production

Article 916-3

…ation production must begin before 30 November 2021.The amount of the direct allocation is equal to 25% of the amount of the sums invested, up to a limit of €100,000 per company for sums invested in p…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 7: Reduction in royalties

Article R613-63

…of education or research or to those of companies with fewer than 1,000 employees and no more than 25% of whose capital is held by another entity that does not meet the same condition. Once obtained,…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°d: Buildings included in or erected near sites exposed to particular risks

Article 1383 G bis

…itions provided for in I of article 1639 A bis, exempt from property tax on built properties, up to 25% or 50%, buildings used for residential purposes that :- are built less than three kilometres fro…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
B: Permanent exemptions

Article 1382 C bis

…wing that of the occupation provided for in the first paragraph and sets a single exemption rate of 25%, 50%, 75% or 100%.II. - In order to benefit from the exemption, before 1st January of the first…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1°d: Buildings included in or erected near sites exposed to particular risks

Article 1383 G ter

…for in I of article 1639 A bis, exempt from property tax on built-up properties, up to a maximum of 25% or 50%, buildings used for residential purposes completed prior to the implementation of a minin…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR LOCAL AUTHORITIES GOVERNED BY ARTICLE 73 OF THE CONSTITUTION AND FOR SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON

Article R151-6

…fairs, labour and employment and to the director; b) the references to articles L. 115-6 and L. 161-25-1 of the Social Security Code are replaced by the reference to Article 19 of Order no. 96-1122 of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Levies on casino gaming revenue.

Article L2333-54

…the total sum of the components of the gross gaming revenue mentioned in Article L. 2333-55-1, less 25% and, where applicable, the additional allowance mentioned in I of Article 34 of the Amending Fin…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Conversion of sentences

Article 747-1-1

…day fine sentence, set in application of the first sentence of the second paragraph of article 131-25 of the French Penal Code. By way of derogation from the same second paragraph, the conversion dec…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Qualifications required.

Article R321-18

…e passed the examination for access to the traineeship provided for in articles R. 321-20 to R. 321-25; 5° Have completed the training period referred to in 4° under the conditions provided for in art…

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