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Showing 631640 of 11860 articles for Art. CA Paris – 9 Jan. 2019 – no. 18/09522

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Investment of sums held in the automatic video editing account

Article 611-18

The videogram publisher is required to repay the sums invested in the following cases: 1° For long-form cinematographic works: a) When investment approval has been granted and the cinematographic work…

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

Article 621-18

Expenditure taken into account to determine the amount of selective aid is capped at 80% of the production budget for the work or, in the case of an international co-production, 80% of the French part…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Framework agreements with purchase orders

Article R2191-18

…ase order grouping, the advance payment may be granted under the conditions set out in article R. 2191-16 provided that each member of the grouping pays for the services it has ordered.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Advances

Article R2193-18

Where part of the contract is subcontracted, the advance paid to the contractor is calculated on the basis of the amount of the contract less, where applicable, the amount of the services entrusted to…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 7: Operating procedures of the advisory committees for the amicable settlement of disputes

Article D2197-18

…dministrative judges or civil servants, with the agreement of the parties concerned and, where applicable, the authorities to which they report. The Chairman assigns cases to the rapporteurs he appoin…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions specific to the intervention of a third party authorised to receive payment requests

Article R2192-18

If the contracting authority has recourse to a project manager or any other service provider whose intervention is conditional on the payment of sums due, the intervention of the project manager or se…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Communication media and exchanges of information

Article R2332-18

The purchaser is deemed to offer other appropriate means of access in all of the following cases: 1° When it offers free, unrestricted, full and direct access by electronic means to the tools and devi…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Competitive dialogue

Article R2361-18

At the request of the purchaser, the successful tenderer may be asked to clarify aspects of its tender or to confirm the financial commitments contained therein. However, such requests may not have th…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Innovation partnerships

Article R2372-18

Innovation partnerships that meet a need whose estimated value is equal to or greater than the thresholds for a formalised procedure are awarded using a procedure with negotiation.However, reductions…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Electronic auctions

Article R2362-18

After the closure of the electronic auction, the contract shall be awarded on the basis of the results of that auction, subject to compliance with the provisions of Section 2 of Chapter II of Title V.

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