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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article 123-2

…atique distribution cinéma "; 3° Pour l'attribution d'une aide financière automatique à la création et à la modernisation des établissements de spectacles cinématographiques : " compte automatique exp…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Appointment

Article 131-2

The committees include an equal number of women and men as full and alternate members. If there is an odd number of seats to be filled, the difference between the number of women and the number of men…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter II: Ethics

Article 132-4

…f a committee who has a conflict of interest in relation to a matter on the agenda of a committee meeting and who withdraws for the adoption of the resolution on that matter is prohibited, for the dur…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Operation

Article 133-3

…he or she may be temporarily replaced by decision of the Chairman of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Operation

Article 133-12

The Chairman of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée or his representatives attend meetings of the Commission as of right.The secretariat of the Commission is provided by the relevant de…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of application

Article R421-1

…able by the penalties laid down in article L. 422-1 : 1° The fact, for an operator of a cinema, of setting up a cinema access scheme without having obtained the authorisation provided for in article L…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Penalty procedure

Article R423-7

The respondent is notified of the grievances by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, by hand-delivery against receipt, by bailiff's deed or by any other means that can be used to certify…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Penalty procedure

Article R423-8

The statement of objections shall mention the time limit set out in Article…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter II: Ethics

Article 132-1

…r consideration and deliberate on them without regard to persons or factors external to these matters. They undertake to prevent or immediately put an end to any conflict of interest, within the meani…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter II: Ethics

Article 132-5

…in from taking a public position that could undermine the serenity of the committees' work or their ethical obligations, or that could call into question the opinions given and decisions taken.

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