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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: Conditions of application of Books I to VI in overseas France

Article R711-7

Pursuant to 6° of article 1-1 of law no. 55-1052 of 6 August 1955, the provisions of the regulatory part of the present code apply ipso jure in the French Southern and Antarctic Territories.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Specific investment for certain animated works

Article 211-71

For a single cinematographic work:1° The amount invested by the production company under the automatic audiovisual production account may not exceed €500,000;2° The total amount invested by the produc…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Specific investment for certain animated works

Article 211-70

Production companies may submit only one application per calendar year, with the exception of applications for additional investment where an initial investment has been made under the second sentence…

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

Article 432-7

The beneficiary of a grant has eighteen months from the date of the award decision to submit the following to the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée: 1° In the case of a grant awarded unde…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Jurisdiction and procedure before courts of first instance

Article 712-6

…The referral decision constitutes a measure of judicial administration that is not subject to appeal. The provisions of this article shall also apply, unless otherwise provided by law, to decisions o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Security period

Article 720-4

When the sentenced person shows serious signs of social rehabilitation, the sentence enforcement court may, exceptionally and under the conditions provided by Article 712-7, decide that the security p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Preliminary investigation

Article 76-2

The public prosecutor or, with his authorisation, the officer or agent of the judicial police may carry out the operations provided for by Article 55-1.The provisions of the last four paragraphs of Ar…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Reduction of sentences

Article 721-2

I.-When a convicted person serving one or more custodial sentences has not been able to benefit from a measure of release on parole or conditional release under the conditions provided for in Articles…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter IV: Residence permits granted to beneficiaries of international protection

Article R424-7

The Prefect shall issue the multiannual residence permit provided for in Articles L. 424-9 or L. 424-11 within three months of the decision granting subsidiary protection by the French Office for the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: General obligations of traders

Article A123-7

A strategic college is hereby set up under the authority of the Minister for the Economy to oversee the monitoring of the processing of company formalities, authorisations to access or carry out their…

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