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

Article 222-25

The amount of the direct grant may be subject to a reduction fixed at the time of the last payment, taking into account the total amount of public financial aid granted, the ceiling mentioned in artic…

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

Article 231-27

…412-11, allocated in year n are subject to re-evaluation in year n + 1 in the following cases:…

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

Article 222-22

…l companies are responsible for the distribution of the same film, the direct allocation is awarded to each of the companies on the basis of the distribution costs it has actually incurred, unless oth…

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

Article 222-23

…paid in three instalments. <The first payment is made when the grant is awarded. It corresponds to 30% of the amount of the aid, determined on the basis of forecast distribution expenditure.…

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

Article 222-26

…ce with the conditions of allocation or payment;2° When the gross receipts of exploitation accruing to the distribution company at the end of a period of six months from the date of theatrical release…

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

Article 231-26

…awarded in year n are renewed in year n + 1. When general measures taken by the public authorities to prohibit or restrict access to cinematographic establishments affect the economic situation of th…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Annexes III

Article Annexe III-21-1

…conditions set out below. Object and scope of the insurance Article 1 The purpose of this policy is to cover, in accordance with the provisions of articles R. 331-6 to R. 331-17 of the French Sports C…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: European UCITS management companies

Article L532-20-2

I.-A management company established in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area which applies to manage a UCITS governed by French law and aut…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: European UCITS management companies

Article L532-21-2

Where the Autorité des marchés financiers finds that a management company referred to in Article L. 532-20-1 with a branch or providing services in mainland France, Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martiniq…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 5: Changes to the basis of an application for divorce

Article 247-2

…laims for divorce on the grounds of fault, the plaintiff may invoke the faults of his or her spouse to modify the basis of his or her claim..

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