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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Advances

Article 232-21

The advance is subject to an agreement with the beneficiary.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Applications from trade unions and associations

Article R7343-23

An order by the Minister for Labour sets the procedures and period for the submission of applications by candidate organisations, as well as the model documents required for the submission of applicat…

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

Article 212-23

The same project cannot, for the same expenses, benefit from both scriptwriting grants and other grants awarded by the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Control by the Ministry responsible for culture

Article R321-23

The communication of the annual accounts of collective management organisations to the Minister responsible for culture pursuant to Article L. 326-10 must include: 1° The transparency report mentioned…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-23

Any approved association that has been registered for at least five years on the date on which the civil party is brought, proposing by its articles of association to combat corruption, may exercise t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Court reconciliation software

Article 230-22

Personal data that may be revealed by the exploitation of the enquiries and investigations mentioned in 1° of Article 230-20 shall be deleted when the investigation is closed and, in any event, on exp…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Loss of French nationality

Article 23-9

…23 at the date of acquisition of foreign nationality; 2° In the case provided for in Articles 23-3 and 23-5 on the date of the declaration; 3° In the case provided for in Articles 23-4, 23-7 and 23-8…

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

Article 231-25

The "heritage and repertoire" (PR) label is awarded in particular in consideration of the number of art house cinematographic works represented in the establishments, which are: 1° Either cinematograp…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Court reconciliation software

Article 230-20

In order to facilitate the gathering of evidence of offences and the identification of their perpetrators, the services of the national police and the national gendarmerie entrusted with a judicial po…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Employers' group made up of private-sector members and local authorities.

Article L1253-23

…tat shall determine the procedures for choosing the collective agreement applicable to the grouping and the conditions for informing the administrative authority of the creation of the grouping.

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