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

Article 322-1

Selective financial aid is awarded to support the writing, pre-production and production of video games, as well as the organisation of collective operations aimed at professionals in the video game s…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4: Production aid

Article 322-18

Selective financial support is available for video game production.

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

Article 321-13

If there is more than one author, the writing grant will be paid to the authors on the basis of the agreements between them.

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

Article 321-14

…éma et de l'image animée with proof that the project has been written.In exceptional circumstances, and at the reasoned request of the beneficiary or beneficiaries, the aforementioned period may be ex…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Summons to appear, immediate appearance and deferred appearance

Article 397-1-1

…In accordance with the provisions of article 396, the accused shall be brought before the liberty and custody judge, who shall rule on the prosecutor's request for judicial supervision, house arrest…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Designation of the Assize Court hearing the appeal

Article 380-14

After taking written observations from the public prosecutor and the parties or their lawyers, the first president of the court of appeal shall designate the assize court responsible for deciding the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Designation of the Assize Court hearing the appeal

Article 380-15

If the appeal has not been lodged within the time limits laid down by law or relates to a judgment that is not subject to appeal, the First President of the Court of Appeal or the President of the Cri…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
3. Holidays.

Article R6152-35-3

…he internal structure. However, annual leave not taken as a result of the leave mentioned in 4°, 5° and 6° of article R. 6152-35 and in article R. 6152-41 is carried over, up to a limit of twenty days…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Estimates and contracts.

Article 1792-4-3

In addition to actions governed by articles 1792-3, 1792-4-1 and 1792-4-2, liability actions directed against builders designated in articles 1792 and 1792-1 and their subcontractors lapse after ten y…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Agriculture and forestry

Article L4424-33-1

Within the scope of the powers granted to it in the agricultural and forestry fields by Article L. 4424-33, the territorial collectivity of Corsica is responsible for the production and propagation of…

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