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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Reception facilities

Article D551-18

…material reception conditions taken pursuant to article L. 551-16 shall be in writing, give reasons and be taken after the applicant has been given the opportunity to submit written observations to th…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section 1: Development tax

Article 1635 quater F

…he establishment of the development tax relating to exemptions, reductions, values per square metre and rates are those in force on the date of the chargeable event defined in I. The characteristics o…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
IX: Special arrangements applicable to taxable persons supplying services to non-taxable persons or carrying out distance sales of goods or certain domestic supplies of goods

Article 298 sexdecies F

…on shall be deemed to be a taxable person who has not established the seat of his economic activity and does not have a fixed establishment within the territory of the European Union.The Member State…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
1. Transferable securities, company rights and similar securities

Article 150-0 F

…II of article 150-0 A, the capital gains mentioned in 3° of II of article L. 214-81 of the Monetary and Financial Code, distributed by a real estate investment trust mentioned in Article 239 nonies, a…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Compensation for distribution costs

Article 917-10

Where all the invoices submitted with the application have been paid by the recipient company, the direct grant will be paid in a single instalment when the aid is granted.Where only some of the invoi…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Increased rates for calculating sums representing automatic aid

Article 919-10

For the period between 19 May 2021 and 8 June 2021, the calculation rates are set at :- 191.77% when the amount of revenue generated by feature films is less than or equal to €307,500;- 170.46% when t…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 5: Exceptional support measure for artistic agents, communications agents and press officers working in the film industry

Article 919-102

…t, communications agent or press officer, contribute to the development of cinematographic creation and the promotion of the cinema and whose financial situation and economic prospects have been parti…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 5: Exceptional support measure for artistic agents, communications agents and press officers working in the film industry

Article 919-103

…not control one of these companies or an operator.5° Undertake to maintain their activity in 2021 and 2022.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 5: Exceptional support measure for artistic agents, communications agents and press officers working in the film industry

Article 919-108

…by decisions of 16 March 2021 C(2021) 1902, 9 December 2020 C(2020) 9072, 20 May 2020 C(2020) 3460 and 25 May 2020 C(2020) 3532, on the basis of scheme no. SA.56985 for business support authorised by…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Adjustments to aid for small and medium-sized farms

Article 919-101

…ishments, in the implementation of work or training for which they have benefited from aid to small and medium-sized cinemas, the deadline for completion of the project and presentation of the corresp…

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