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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisional approval

Article D331-59

…approval decision mentions the date of receipt of the application by the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée and states that, in the light of the information and supporting documents menti…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to film club screenings

Article D214-6

Each authorised federation keeps an up-to-date list of the associations and similar bodies affiliated to it.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Single chapter: Legal deposit obligation

Article A241-3

The rules relating to the representation threshold for imported videograms are set out in the provisions of the decree of 21 November 1995 setting the threshold provided for in article 28 (2°) of decr…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Ethics

Article R261-13

Failure to comply with an ethical obligation defined in this sub-section may be grounds for the Minister responsible for culture to declare that the member is permanently prevented from carrying out h…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Exclusion of specialised cinemas

Article D311-6

…Arti…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter II: Rights of preferred film production creditors

Article D312-1

…Arti…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Points scale for works in the fiction genre

Article D331-46

…° Alternatively : a) When at least 50% of the shooting takes place in France: 3 points; b) Or when between 30% and 50% of the shooting takes place in France: 2 points; c) Or when between 15% and 30% o…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Definitive approval

Article D331-60

…bmitted by the executive production company once the final work carried out in France has been completed.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Exploitation in the form of videograms

Article D231-2

A derogation to the minimum four-month period set out in the first paragraph of article L. 231-1 is granted when, at the end of the fourth cinema week within the meaning of 5° of article D. 212-67, th…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Definitive approval

Article D331-13

The application for final approval is submitted by the delegated production company after completion of the cinematographic or audiovisual work. In the case of a delegated co-production, the applicati…

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