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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Definitions and scope of application

Article L224-26-2

Article L. 224-27, the I of article L. 224-28, articles L. 224-29, L. 224-30, L. 224-42 and the I and III of article L. 224-42-2 are also applicable to end users who are micro-enterprises, small busin…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-18-1

…t two hundred and fifty permanent employees and have net sales or a balance sheet total of at least 50 million euros. In these same companies, where the board of directors is made up of no more than e…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Calculation methods for fiction, animation and audiovisual adaptations of live performances

Article 311-43

…ficients provided for in II are reduced by :- 20% for the number of minutes produced greater than 2,500 and less than or equal to 5,000;- 30% for the number of minutes produced greater than 5,000 and…

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

Article 321-20

…on of a project is carried out solely by one or more legal entities established in France, at least 50% of the pre-production expenditure mentioned in article…

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

Article 321-28

I.-When a work is produced solely by one or more legal entities established in France, at least 50% of the final cost of that work must be covered by the expenditure mentioned in article…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Rights of the usufructuary

Article 591

The usufructuary still benefits, always in accordance with the times and usage of the former owners, from the parts of the high forest woods that have been set aside for regulated felling, whether the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Cross-border mergers

Article R236-28

…t is set in accordance with the terms set out in articles 1843-4 of the Civil Code and 17 du décret n° 78-704 du 3 juillet 1978 relatif à l'application de la loi n° 78-9 du 4 janvier 1978 modifiant le…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 39 quinquies E

…ngs intended for the purification of industrial water, in accordance with the provisions of the loi n° 64-1245 du 16 décembre 1964 as amended, may, upon completion of these buildings, take exceptional…

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

Article 722-16

…ion, up to a maximum of :- 70 per minute for two foreign versions per work chosen by the company;- €50 per minute for other foreign versions;- 8% of the amount of the sale for multi-territory contract…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article L225-69-1

…t two hundred and fifty permanent employees and have net sales or a balance sheet total of at least 50 million euros. In these same companies, where the supervisory board has no more than eight member…

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