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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Definitive approval

Article D331-61

…d by the following information and supporting documents: 1° A copy of the final contract concluded between the French executive production company and the production company whose head office is locat…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter II: Control of video exhibition revenues

Article D222-3

Persons whose business is the publication of videograms intended for private use by the public must visibly display the publisher's reference number allocated to them on each videogram they publish an…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Notification file

Article D261-3

…1° Identification of the transferring producer and the beneficiary of the planned operation ; 2° A detailed description of the planned operation, including the title of the cinematographic or audiovis…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Ethics

Article R261-10

No member of the Commission de protection de l'accès aux œuvres may take part in deliberations relating to a transaction concerning: 1° A company controlled, within the meaning ofarticle L. 233-3 of t…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisional approval

Article D331-10

…ation for provisional approval is submitted by the delegated production company before filming begins. In the case of a delegated co-production, the application is submitted by each of the two product…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 4: Provisions relating to difficult and low-budget cinematographic or audiovisual works

Article D331-17

…° For cinematographic works: a) A difficult work is a director's first or second work; b) A low-budget work is one whose total budget is less than or equal to €1,250,000; 2° For audiovisual works: a)…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Points scale for works in the animation genre

Article D331-47

…e at least 36 points, including at least 9 points for the "Dramatic Content" group, are deemed to meet the condition set out in b of 1 of II of article 220 quaterdecies of the French General Tax Code.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Committee of experts

Article D331-52

…cle. The composition and organisational and operational procedures of the committee of experts are set by order of the Minister for Culture.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Definitive approval

Article D331-62

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

Article A221-3

…Arti…

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