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Showing 791800 of 44213 articles for Art. CE 21-2-1979 n° 4896

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Pre-implementation and post-implementation aid committees

Article 211-151

…levant committee has the casting vote in the event of a tie.Representatives of the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée attend the costing committee.

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

Article 211-115

…distribution company that has distributed at least three cinematographic works in the two years preceding the application for post-production grants.

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

Article 211-125

The same project cannot benefit from both production aid for genre films and production aid before and after completion.

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

Article 211-131

Selective financial aid is awarded for the creation of original music specially intended for feature-length cinematographic works.

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 6: Expiry of the summons to pay in the event of seizure

Article R321-21

…in article R. 321-20 and until publication of the title deed, any interested party may ask the enforcement judge to declare that the summons has lapsed and to order that this be noted in the margin of…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 3: Out-of-court sales with judicial authorisation

Article R322-21

The enforcement judge who authorises the out-of-court sale sets the amount of the price below which the property may not be sold, taking into account the economic conditions of the market and, where a…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 3: Payment of a bonus

Article R2171-21

When the design-build contract or the global performance contract meets a need whose estimated value exceeds the formal procedure thresholds and when its award procedure involves a jury, the premium i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership.

Article L225-210

…hares, nor more than 10% of a given class. These shares must be held in registered form, with the exception of shares bought back to promote the liquidity of the company's shares, and must be fully pa…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership.

Article L225-214

…old within one year of their subscription or acquisition. On expiry of this period, they must be cancelled.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Public limited companies.

Article L225-218

…set out in Articles L. 225-228 and L. 22-10-66. Companies which, at the end of a financial year, exceed the thresholds set by decree for two of the following three criteria are required to appoint at…

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