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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations of delegated producers

Article L251-1

…live performance, eligible for financial support for production from the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée and whose successful completion he has guaranteed must, within six months of th…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Value added tax

Article L334-2

The application of the reduced rate of value added tax to admission rights for screenings during which works of a pornographic nature or inciting to violence are shown is governed by a of 3° of articl…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4 : Digital equipment for cinemas cinematographic establishments

Article L213-22

The digital projection equipment and digital files or data referred to in article L. 213-16, their conditions of use and the operating logs referred to in article L. 213-21 comply with ISO internation…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Organisation of certain film screenings

Article L214-3

…Arti…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Declaration of activity by videogram publishers

Article L221-2

…s situation that must be brought to the attention of the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, are set by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Exploitation in the form of videograms

Article L231-1

…e acquisition of the rights for this exhibition may derogate from this period under the conditions set out in the second paragraph. The terms of the contract for the acquisition of the rights for such…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Penalties and remedies

Article L261-3

…re on the transferring producer in the event of failure to comply with the notification obligation set out in Article…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of control officers

Article L411-2

The sworn agents appointed by the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, approved by the Minister for Culture under the conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat,…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Information exchange

Article L413-3

Article L. 102 of the Book of Tax Procedures governs the communication by the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée to the tax authorities of all documents relating to the declarations made b…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 3: Film rights concession contract

Article L213-14

The contract granting cinematographic performance rights includes the following stipulations: 1° The title and technical characteristics of the cinematographic work for which the rights are granted fo…

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