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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Special provisions for audiovisual adaptations of live performances

Article 311-17

…be produced by delegated production companies that:1° In the case of co-productions, hold at least 30% of the producer's shares;2° Hold the intellectual property rights for at least two distinct mode…

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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 311-40

…rks belonging to the genre of fiction :a) 15 seconds when the episode lasts five minutes or less;b) 30 seconds when the episode lasts more than five minutes;2° For works in the animation genre:a) 10 s…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Purpose and award conditions

Article 831-3

…amount of the advance granted or, where applicable, the total of these two amounts, may not exceed 30% of the additional energy costs incurred by the operator, before benefiting from the support sche…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter II: The company during the observation period.

Article L622-1

…subject to the prohibitions provided for in articles 65-2 and 68, third paragraph, of the decree of 30 October 1935 unifying the law relating to cheques.

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Tax penalties

Article 1798 ter

Failures to comply with the obligations laid down in Articles 28 to 30 of Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/273 of 11 December 2017 and Articles 13 to 20 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Incompatibilities.

Article L3122-3

…not in conformity with the Constitution by decision of the Constitutional Council n° 2000-426 DC of 30 March 2000.] Any president of a departmental council who holds a position that places him in a si…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section 1: Solvency requirements

Article A385-3

…ial returns on non-depreciable assets, the level of returns on non-depreciable assets is reduced by 30%;3° In the scenario of reduced mortality, the mortality rate at any age is reduced by 10%.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Decisions taken after the prison administration has been given time to take corrective measures

Article R249-34

…e judge shall order this expert assessment within the ten-day period provided for by article R. 249-30. Its decision on the merits must then be made within a period that may not exceed fifteen days. H…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: SPECIAL CONDITIONS OF APPLICATION IN SAINT-PIERRE-ET-MIQUELON, NEW CALEDONIA, FRENCH POLYNESIA AND THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article L781-1

…27 November 2019, No 2020/1503 of 7 October 2020, No 2021/23 of 16 December 2020 and No 2022/858 of 30 May 2022 are replaced by references to Articles L. 712-7 and L. 712-9 of this Code.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Registration of financial securities

Article R211-3

…re" within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 2022/858 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2022 on a pilot scheme for market infrastructures based on distributed ledger technology and…

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