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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Rights of press publishers and press agencies

Article L218-4

The remuneration due in respect of related rights for the reproduction and communication to the public of press publications in digital form is based on the revenues from exploitation of any kind, dir…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Freedom of dissemination

Article L333-6

Journalists and staff from written or audiovisual media companies have free access to sports venues, subject to constraints directly linked to the safety of the public and sportsmen and women, and to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter V: French sub-account of the pan-European individual retirement savings product

Article L225-2

Payments into a French sub-account of the pan-European individual retirement savings product which have given rise to the opening of a securities account are allocated to the acquisition of financial…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title V: PENALTIES

Article L452-3

In the event of conviction for the offences punishable under Article L. 452-1, the court may also order: 1° The posting and publication of the decision under the conditions set out in the article 131-…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VI: Appeals against police judgements

Article 546

The right to appeal lies with the accused, the person civilly liable, the public prosecutor, the public prosecutor and the officer of the public prosecutor's office at the police court, when the fine…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section I: Common provisions

Article 1750

Natural persons guilty of any of the offences relating to direct taxes, value added tax and other turnover taxes, registration duty, land registration tax and stamp duty shall be liable to the followi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Composition pénale

Article R15-33-55-1

When the composition pénale includes the completion of an internship or training course provided for by 7° of article 41-2, the public prosecutor's proposal specifies whether the course or training wi…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Administrative penalties.

Article L8272-4

When the administrative authority is aware of an official report of an infringement provided for in 1° to 4° of article L. 8211-1, it may, if the proportion of employees concerned so warrants, having…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 3: Acts relating primarily to economic activity

Article A444-141

Releases (numbers 131 to 134 of table 5) give rise to the collection of:1° With regard to the release of a seizure, a fixed fee of €26.41;2° With regard to the release of a mortgage registration, lien…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Conformity

Article L451-7

In the event of conviction for the offences punishable under 1° of article L. 451-2, the court may also order:

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