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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Inspections and investigations

Article L621-9-3

In the context of the inspections and investigations referred to in Articles L. 621-9 and L. 621-9-1, professional secrecy may not be invoked against the Autorité des marchés financiers or, where appl…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Provisions specific to the surrender of a foreign national who, having exercised a right of mobility, does not meet the conditions for residence on French territory

Article L621-6

…the competent authorities of a Member State of the European Union may be issued to a foreign national and his or her family members, admitted to reside in the territory of that State and carrying out…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L811-3

For its application in the Wallis and Futuna Islands, the French Southern and Antarctic Territories, New Caledonia and Mayotte, Article L. 621-1 of this Code reads as follows:"Art. L. 621-1:"The fact,…

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

Article 621-17

Selective grants are awarded to help cover the following expenses, corresponding to work carried out in France by companies established in France:1° Expenses for digital visual effects;2° Expenses rel…

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

Article 621-19

Grants are awarded and their amount is determined by taking into consideration:1° The quality and originality of the visual proposal;2° The appropriateness of the technical choices relating to visual…

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

Article 621-15

Selective financial aid is awarded to delegated production companies that, through the use of digital visual effects, contribute to the renewal of visual creation and the enhancement of works on the i…

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

Article 621-10

In the event of any difficulty in assessing the nature of the technique used in order to determine whether it falls within the scope of digital visual effects or animation techniques that may give ris…

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

Article 621-16

The following are eligible for selective aid: 1° Long-length cinematographic works for which investment approval has been granted; 2° Long-length cinematographic works for which one of the aids provid…

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

Article 621-18

Expenditure taken into account to determine the amount of selective aid is capped at 80% of the production budget for the work or, in the case of an international co-production, 80% of the French part…

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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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