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Showing 4150 of 31009 articles for Art. Cass. 3e civ. 31-5-2007 n° 06-12.907

French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Establishment of parentage by recognition

Article 316-5

When the acknowledgement is registered, its effects for the application of articles 311-21 or 311-23 date back to the date of referral to the public prosecutor.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Allocation of sums entered in the automatic audiovisual production account

Article 311-59

Audiovisual adaptations of live performances must, with regard to investment for production: 1° Be financed by an hourly contribution in cash from one or more television service publishers or by an ho…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Allocation of sums entered in the automatic audiovisual production account

Article 311-57

Production companies have the option of investing the sums entered in their automatic audiovisual production account for the production and preparation of audiovisual works that belong to one of the f…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Allocation of sums entered in the automatic audiovisual production account

Article 311-58

Creative documentaries must, as far as the investment for production is concerned, be financed by an hourly cash contribution from one or more television service publishers or by an hourly cash contri…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Recording of sums calculated on the automatic audiovisual production account

Article 311-51

The sums entered in the automatic audiovisual production account are increased by 25% when the reference works meet the following conditions: 1° For works belonging to the genre of fiction, creative d…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Recording of sums calculated on the automatic audiovisual production account

Article 311-54

The amount of the sums calculated and entered in the automatic audiovisual production account is notified to the production company each year.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 6: Advisory committees

Article 312-56

The Animation Innovation Grants Committee is made up of eight members, including a chairman and a vice-chairman, appointed for a renewable term of one year.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 6: Advisory committees

Article 312-57

The reading committees are made up of three readers chosen from a list drawn up by the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée. A member of the relevant committee may attend re…

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

Article 312-50

The grant is paid as follows:- 50% at the time of the award decision;- 50% after submission to the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée of the finalised version of the project and proof of e…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 6: Advisory committees

Article 312-55

The Commission des aides à l'innovation en fiction is made up of nine members, including a chairman and a vice-chairman, appointed for a renewable term of one year.

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