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

Article 321-35

The beneficiary of aid for collective operations has a period of twelve months from the signing of the agreement to provide the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée with proof that the opera…

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

Article 321-36

The Immersive Works Commission is made up of nineteen members, including a chairman and two vice-chairmen, appointed for a renewable term of two years.

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

Article 321-37

The Commission is made up of two colleges sitting separately.The first college comprises the Chairman, a Vice-Chairman and eight other members. It is responsible for examining applications for writing…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Operators of voluntary sales of furniture by public auction.

Article R321-2

Operators of voluntary sales by public auction shall declare to the Conseil des maisons de vente, within thirty days of the date on which they occur, any changes in fact or in law likely to affect the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Multilateral trading facilities.

Article D424-1

The Autorité des marchés financiers shall notify the European Securities and Markets Authority of any authorisation granted to an investment services provider other than a portfolio management company…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Membership

Article L323-2

The only members of a collective management organisation are the rightholders mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 321-1 and, where applicable, entities grouping rightholders, in particular…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter I: Insurance obligation

Article D321-4

The policies mentioned in article D. 321-1 are taken out on production of a certificate, in particular to the officials of the Ministry of Sports authorised in application of article L. 111-3. This do…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Registration duty and land registration tax

Article 1594 J bis

The departmental council may, by deliberation, exempt from property registration tax limited-term leases of buildings, made for a term of more than twelve years, relating to tourist residences subject…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Accessibility obligations

Article L323-1

The investment service provider defined in article L. 531-1, the entity providing investment services without being subject to the authorisation procedure provided for in article L. 531-2 and the fina…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: Voluntary sales of furniture by public auction.

Article R321-68

The application for partial access to the activities of voluntary sale of furniture by public auction provided for in article L. 321-28-1, shall be sent to the Conseil des maisons de vente by teleproc…

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