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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Exceptional aid to offset fixed costs

Article 919-79

Exceptional aid is granted in the form of a direct allocation to help offset the fixed costs incurred by operators of cinemas who :1° Are eligible for financial aid for the creation and modernisation…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Single chapter: The Autorité des marchés financiers

Article D621-30

For the application of 2° of II of Article L. 621-5-3, issuers liable for the contribution must declare each year, at the end of the twelve-month period following publication of the visa, the amount o…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Aid for redeployment and retraining measures

Article R5522-90

…tions required to validate a full-rate pension within the meaning of article 10 of decree no. 2003-589 of 1 July 2003 implementing the provisions of Title II (Old Age Insurance) and Chapter I of Title…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: Residence permits for family reasons

Article R423-1

An application for a residence permit under article L. 423-6 is equivalent to an application for renewal of the residence permit previously acquired when it is submitted by a foreign national who has…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Title II: Banknotes and coins

Article D122-3

The rules for exchanging mutilated or damaged banknotes are set out in the Decision of the European Central Bank of 20 March 2003 on the denominations, specifications, reproduction, exchange and withd…

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

Article 919-115

…mic may not exceed €250,000.The amount of exceptional aid may not exceed an amount corresponding to 80% of the loss of turnover resulting from the activity of selling cinematographic works abroad suff…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Acts of the municipal authorities and litigation.

Article D2573-11

I. - The provisions of Chapter I of Title III of Book I of Part Two mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below shall apply in French Polynesia in the wording indicated in the right-hand colu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Embryo reception.

Article R2141-10

An unmarried couple or woman meeting the conditions of article L. 2141-6 consents to the reception of an embryo by joint declaration before a notary in accordance with the procedures set out in articl…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR THE WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS

Article L764-7

…L. 433-1, with the exception of the fourth and fifth paragraphs of II thereof Ordinance no. 2014-158 of 20 February 2014 L. 433-1-1 Law no. 2003-706 of 1 August 2003 L. 433-1-2 Law no. 2015-990 of 6…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO FRENCH POLYNESIA

Article L763-7

…L. 433-1, with the exception of the fourth and fifth paragraphs of II thereof Ordinance no. 2014-158 of 20 February 2014 L. 433-1-1 Law no. 2003-706 of 1 August 2003 L. 433-1-2 Law no. 2015-990 of 6…

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