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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Criminal provisions

Article L734-7

…rding resulting from L. 163-1 and L. 163-2 Order no. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000 L. 163-3 Law no. 2019-222 of 23 March 2019 L. 163-4 and L. 163-4-1 Order no. 2009-866 of 15 July 2009 L. 163-4-2 Orde…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
VI: Transfers free of charge

Article 796

I. - The estates of:1° of servicemen of the French and allied armies who died under the flags during the war;2° of servicemen who, either under the flags or after being sent home, will have died, with…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions applicable to professional non-trading companies

Article R822-77

As an exception to articles 22, 24 and 26 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 titre IX du livre III du code civil, la société…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Provisions relating to aid for the creation and distribution of short cinematographic and audiovisual works

Article 918-7

For production programme grants awarded in 2019, 2020 and 2021, the two-year period referred to in the first paragraph of article 411-54 is extended to three years.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Reduction of sentences

Article 721

A reduction in sentence may be granted by the sentence enforcement judge, following the opinion of the sentence enforcement commission, to convicts serving one or more custodial sentences who have giv…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Aid schemes set up by administrative agreements

Article 711-2

…teral fund for co-development and co-production of Franco-Italian works, signed in Paris on 12 July 2019.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Criminal provisions

Article L732-7

…rding resulting from L. 163-1 and L. 163-2 Order no. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000 L. 163-3 Law no. 2019-222 of 23 March 2019 L. 163-4 and L. 163-4-1 Order no. 2009-866 of 15 July 2009 L. 163-4-2 Orde…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Criminal provisions

Article L733-7

…rding resulting from L. 163-1 and L. 163-2 Order no. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000 L. 163-3 Law no. 2019-222 of 23 March 2019 L. 163-4 and L. 163-4-1 Order no. 2009-866 of 15 July 2009 L. 163-4-2 Orde…

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

Article 411-74

Audiovisual short-duration single works in the fiction, animation and creative documentary genres are eligible for selective support.

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

Article 411-75

Short-length audiovisual works are made with the assistance of shooting studios and laboratories established in France, on the territory of a Member State of the European Union or, when they are made…

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