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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 919-7

To obtain the aid, the author must submit the application form drawn up by the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée electronically by 30 June 2022 at the latest.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Provisions adapting Book I.

Article L911-5

For the application of articles L. 141-15, L. 143-7 and L. 145-28, a magistrate of the court of first instance may be delegated by the president.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Breaches of legislation on financial dealings with foreign countries

Article L734-8

…1 is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the version resulting from Law No 2011-1978 of 28 December 2011.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Establishments in which pre-trial detention is carried out

Article D54

…prisons and remand prison quarters is determined by the provisions of articles D. 112-27 and D. 112-28 of the Penitentiary Code.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Investment and related services

Article R753-20

…le R. 321-3 is applicable in French Polynesia in the version resulting from Decree no. 2015-1092 of 28 August 2015.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Cross-border recognition.

Article 509-1

…Applications for the purposes of obtaining an extract from a decision submitted pursuant to Article 28(1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 4/2009 of 18 December 2008 on jurisdiction, applicable law, reco…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
II: Exemptions and allowances

Article 1463 A

…be boosted defined in II of the same Article 44 sexdecies that they have created between 1 January 2018 and 31 December 2023, from the year following that of their creation.For seven years from the y…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Measures specific to the safeguarding, reorganisation or liquidation of credit institutions, finance companies, investment firms, electronic money institutions and payment institutions.

Article L613-30-3

…within the meaning of this 4°, and for securities, claims, instruments or rights issued on or after 28 December 2020, that their unit nominal value at issue is at least fifty thousand euros. 5° Fifthl…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2k: Companies located in priority development zones

Article 44 septdecies

…the General Local Authorities Code in the version in force on the date of publication of the loi n° 2018-1317 du 28 décembre 2018 de finances pour 2019.The classification of communes as priority devel…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Measures to boost cinema distribution

Article 916-11

In order to encourage cinematographic distribution companies to contribute to the revival of cinematographic production, direct allocations are granted to them in addition to the sums they invest, pur…

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