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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Single chapter: Subsidies to cinema operators

Article D321-2

The conditions for the classification of cinematographic establishments as art house establishments are those laid down for the allocation of financial aid to these establishments by the Centre nation…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions relating to beneficiaries

Article 211-3

To be eligible for financial assistance for production and preparation, production companies must meet the following conditions:1° Be established in France;2° Have chairmen, directors or managers, as…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Counterparts to financial aid

Article 121-2

…cial aid by the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée is subject, in the general interest, to quid pro quos on the part of the beneficiaries of this aid, the exclusive purpose of which is to…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions relating to beneficiaries

Article 211-4

Notwithstanding the provisions of article 211-2 and 3° of article…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions relating to beneficiaries

Article 211-2

The beneficiaries of financial aid for the production and preparation of feature films are production companies.

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Single section: Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article L612-4

…>in article L. 412-3, the words: "inarticle 19 of law no. 48-1360 of 1st September 1948 amending and codifying the legislation relating to the relationship between lessors and tenants or occupants…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Single section: Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article L612-2

…In article L. 152-1, the words "des régions, des départements" and the words "les régions, les départements" are replaced respectively by the words "du département…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Single section: Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article L612-5

For the application of the provisions of Books III and IV, insofar as they relate to protective measures in respect of immovable property, a creditor in possession of a certificate of registration iss…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Single section: Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article L612-1

This Code is applicable to Mayotte subject to the adaptations set out below.

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Paragraph 2: Summons to registered creditors

Article R322-6

No later than the fifth working day following delivery of the summons to the debtor, the summons to pay in the form of a seizure is notified to the creditors registered on the day of publication of th…

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