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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to reinsurance undertakings.

Article R321-5-2

When, pursuant to Article L. 321-1-2 , the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution consults the authority responsible for supervising credit or investment institutions in the Member State con…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to insurance undertakings.

Article R321-16

For the three financial years following the issue of the authorisations referred to in Articles L. 321-1, L. 321-7 and L. 329-1, the undertaking must submit to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et d…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Provisions relating to the opening of a branch and the exercise of the freedom to provide services.

Article L321-11-3

In the situations provided for in the last two paragraphs of Article L. 321-1, in Article L. 321-1-1 or in Article L. 321-11-2, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may set up a collab…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to reinsurance undertakings.

Article R321-5-1

The administrative authorisation provided for in Article L. 321-1-1 is granted by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution. For the purposes of granting this authorisation, reinsurance ope…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 5: Miscellaneous provisions.

Article R321-74

…te's right of pre-emption in the event of a voluntary sale of furniture by public auction is governed by the Articles 61 to 65 of Decree no. 2001-650 of 19 July 2001 implementing the articles L. 321-1…

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

Article 321-20

I.-When the pre-production of a project is carried out solely by one or more legal entities established in France, at least 50% of the pre-production expenditure mentioned in article…

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

Article 321-28

I.-When a work is produced solely by one or more legal entities established in France, at least 50% of the final cost of that work must be covered by the expenditure mentioned in article…

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

Article 321-34

The amount of aid for collective operations may not exceed 50% of the expenditure mentioned in article…

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

Article 321-31

Aid for collective operations is awarded to legal entities that meet the conditions set out in article…

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

Article 321-24

To be eligible for support for the production of immersive works, legal entities must meet the conditions set out in Article…

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