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

Article 723-1

Selective financial aid is awarded to support the distribution abroad of feature-length cinematographic works that are representative of the world's cinematographies.

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

Article 722-19

…Digital promotion for the following operations: direct mail, viral video campaign, online community and social network animation, graphic design, website dedicated to a work; 3° For animated works, pr…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Transparency and disclosure requirements

Article R321-14

…Article L. 326-1 are published on the website of the collective management organisations concerned and are maintained on this site, available to the public, for at least five years. II. - The annual…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Transparency and disclosure requirements

Article R321-19

The organisation may not respond to repetitive or abusive requests.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Transparency and disclosure requirements

Article R321-16

…owing: 1° The contact details that the rights holder has authorised him to use in order to identify and locate him; 2° The amount of income respectively distributed and paid to the rights holder, spec…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Transparency and disclosure requirements

Article R321-18

…nts that will be submitted to the general meeting; 2° The reports of the management, administrative and executive bodies and of the statutory auditors that will be submitted to the meeting; 3° Where a…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Transparency and disclosure requirements

Article R321-17

In the intervals between two general meetings, and at least two months before the forthcoming one, any member of the collective management organisation has the right to examine any document drawn up b…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Transparency and disclosure requirements

Article R321-15

…entioned in the second paragraph of article L. 326-2 are as follows: 1° The articles of association and the general regulations; 2° The conditions of membership and the conditions of termination of th…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisional and protective measures

Article R521-1

The period provided for in the last paragraph of Article L. 521-6 and given to the claimant to take civil or criminal action on the merits, or to lodge a complaint with the public prosecutor, is twent…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1: Assessment and collection of taxes

Article 1659 A

The initial rolls for local direct taxes and direct taxes levied for the benefit of certain public establishments and various bodies may be assessed within the same timeframe as the supplementary roll…

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