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

Article 412-14

The decision to award a grant is made after receiving the opinion of the art cinema commission, under the conditions defined in article…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Appearance of the accused

Article 410-1

When the accused summoned under the conditions provided for in the first paragraph of Article 410 does not appear and the sentence he or she is facing is equal to or greater than two years' imprisonme…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAINT-MARTIN

Article D443-4

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this chapter, the following provisions shall apply to Saint-Martin in the wording resulting from decree no. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwise s…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO SAINT-BARTHÉLEMY

Article D442-4

Subject to the adaptations provided for in this chapter, the following provisions shall apply to Saint-Barthélemy in the wording resulting from decree no. 2020-1734 of 16 December 2020, unless otherwi…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Points scale for works in the fiction genre

Article D331-46

For the "Creative Infrastructures" group, a maximum of 8 points are allocated as follows: 1° Alternatively : a) When at least 50% of the shooting takes place in France: 3 points; b) Or when between 30…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV : Grants and other revenue allocated by the Local Finance Committee

Article L2334-40

…ts with the most significant urban dysfunctions taken pursuant to the II de l'article 9-1 de la loi n° 2003-710 du 1er août 2003 d'orientation et de programmation pour la ville et la rénovation urbain…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Conformity

Article R752-44

1° For shops and commercial complexes: a) The sales area referred to, as appropriate, in a, b, d or e of 1° of I of Article R. 752-6, before and after completion of the project, with, where applicable…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Funeral equipment

Article L2223-42-1

At the request of the person entitled to provide for the funeral and when the body of the deceased has been placed, in order to ensure its transport, in a coffin made of a material presenting an obsta…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 4: Common provisions

Article L2224-11-4

The public service delegation contract for water or sanitation requires the delegatee, firstly, to draw up a detailed inventory of the delegator's assets at the end of the contract and, secondly, with…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Specialist committees

Article L533-31-4

I.-Investment firms of significant size, the board of directors, the supervisory board or any other body exercising equivalent supervisory functions shall set up a compensation committee. Branches of…

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