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Showing 60616070 of 9215 articles for Art. 8 janv. 1997

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the publication of a book in printed and digital form

Article L132-17-3-1

…ounts are closed, unless otherwise agreed in the binding agreement referred to in article L. 132-17-8. If the publisher has not complied with its obligation to pay the royalties within the time limits…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 6: Right to use journalists' works

Article L132-41

…ommissioned by the press company. The conditions under which the second paragraph of Article L. 121-8 applies to works assigned pursuant to the first paragraph of this article are specified by a colle…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Advertising

Article L312-9

…quantified information relating to the cost of credit, the information mentioned in article L. 312-8 appear, in the form of a box, in the header of the advertising text.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Officials and agents authorised to investigate forestry offences

Article 24

…under the same conditions as those set out for forestry offences in articles L. 161-14 to L. 161-18 of the Forestry Code as well as, in environmental matters, to article L. 172-8 of the French Envir…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Special provisions

Article R112-49

…2-45 is set by order of the Minister responsible for sport. In accordance with I. ofarticle L. 4424-8 of the General Local Authorities Code, the Corsican local authority holds all the voting rights of…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Principles

Article R141-9

…lympic and Sports Committee interrupts the time limit for appeals, in application of article R. 141-8 of this code, only if it is made within the time limit stipulated in the first paragraph of articl…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Financial guarantee and default by the temporary employment agency.

Article L1251-49

…ct of social security bodies and social institutions under the conditions set out in Article L. 244-8 of the Social Security Code.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Criminal provisions

Article L1128-2

…nally liable, under the conditions set out in article 121-2, for the offence defined in article 223-8. The penalties incurred by legal entities are : 1° A fine, in accordance with the provisions of ar…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L1211-9

…L. 1211-7-1 are implemented; 5° The list of products of the human body mentioned in article L. 1211-8.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Donation and use of elements and products of the human body.

Article L1522-6

For the application of article L. 1221-8-1 to Wallis and Futuna, the words: "persons under psychiatric care pursuant to Chapters II to IV of Title I of Book II of Part Three of this Code or article 70…

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