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

Article 232-32

The decision to grant aid is taken after consultation with the Selective Farming Aid Committee.

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

Article 231-35

The decision to grant aid is taken after consultation with the Commission des aides à la programmation difficile.

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

Article 231-32

…n at the time of notification of the decision to grant the aid.In the event of a change of operator during the reference period or between this period and the date on which the decision to grant the a…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 311-23

…works belonging to the creative documentary genre, the allocation of selective financial aid for production and preparation is subject to the provisions of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17…

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

Article 312-23

The elaborated version of the project is presented entirely or mainly in French or in a regional language used in France.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 4: Production aid

Article 322-23

Aid for the production of video games is awarded with a view to contributing towards the costs mentioned in article…

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

Article 321-23

Support for the production of immersive works is awarded to legal entities performing the functions of a delegated production company. Aid may be awarded to several legal entities acting jointly as pa…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Classification of liens

Article 2332-3

The special liens of the lessor of immovable property, the conservator and the seller of movable property are exercised in the following order:1° The lien of the conservator, where the costs of conser…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Assignment of sums of money as security

Article 2374-3

The assignee is free to dispose of the sum assigned, unless an agreement to the contrary specifies its use.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules governing the devolution of surnames and customary names

Article 311-23

…he child takes that parent's name.When the second parent-child relationship is established and then during the child's minority, the parents may, by joint declaration before the civil registrar, choos…

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