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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Commercial agents.

Article L134-16

Any clause or agreement contrary to the provisions of articles L. 134-2 and L. 134-4, the third and fourth paragraphs of Article L. 134-11, and of article L. 134-15 or derogating, to the detriment of…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Management leases.

Article L144-12

The party wishing to request the revision must notify the other party by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or by extrajudicial act. In the absence of an amicable agreement, the proceed…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter IV: Management leases.

Article L144-13

…ill or craft businesses mentioned in 3° of l'article 1er de la loi n° 66-455 du 2 juillet 1966 relative aux entreprises pratiquant le crédit-bail. The provisions of Article L. 144-9 do not apply where…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Rights management

Article L324-2

Collective management organisations shall respect the principle of equal treatment in the management of the economic rights of all the rightholders they represent, including where such management is c…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Rights management

Article L324-1

The arrangements for the management by the organisation of the economic rights entrusted to it are laid down either in the Articles of Association or in the General Regulations, in accordance with the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L514-1

Decrees in the Council of State shall, where necessary, lay down the conditions for the application of this book.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Resale rights

Article L334-1

In the event of a breach of the provisions of article L. 122-8, the purchaser and the judicial officers may be ordered jointly and severally to pay damages to the beneficiaries of the resale right.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Miscellaneous provisions

Article L514-2

…strialists to have their priority of use of a design established, in particular by the keeping of private registers subject to approval by the National Institute of Industrial Property.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title IV: WAITING AREA

Article L340-1

In accordance with article L. 223-1, the provisions of this Title apply to foreign nationals whose situation is governed by Book II.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Financial autonomy

Article LO1114-1

…are: 1° The communes; 2° The departments to which the Department of Mayotte, the territorial collectivity of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon and the collectivities with special status resulting from the merg…

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