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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions applicable to compensation for personal injury.

Article R421-13

…ain residence in the territory of the French Republic;-Or that they are nationals of a State which has concluded a reciprocity agreement with France and that they meet the conditions set out in this a…

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

Article 223-13

Aid for the distribution of repertory works is awarded on the basis of the artistic quality of the cinematographic works presented, their rarity and their interest in the history of cinema, the distri…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Investment of sums held in the automatic cinema distribution account

Article 222-13

…222-8, the decision to award automatic financial assistance is taken after consulting the approval committee, taking into account the size of the dis…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Conditions relating to completion

Article 311-13

…oduction companies established in France, this work must:1° Be an original French work;2° Have at least 50% of its final cost spent on production in France.

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

Article 312-13

…t best suited to the project between support for the concept and support for writing.Aid is granted as concept aid when the aim is to produce a formalised version of the project and as writing aid whe…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 3: Pre-production aid

Article 322-13

Aid for the pre-production of video games is awarded to video game creation companies acting as delegated production companies. Aid may be awarded to several companies acting jointly as part of a co-p…

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

Article 422-13

The following projects are eligible for writing grants:1° Project for a feature-length cinematographic work;2° Project for an audiovisual work in the genre of fiction, animation or creative documentar…

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

Article 421-13

…meet the following conditions:1° Be established in France;2° Have chairmen, directors or managers, as well as the majority of their directors, who are French nationals or assimilated;3° Not be contro…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Investment allowances

Article 411-13

…e general principles concerning the distribution of cinematographic and audiovisual works, with the assistance of: 1° Authors, principal actors, technicians and creative collaborators who are French n…

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

Article 621-13

The amount of the direct allocation may not exceed €500,000 per work.

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