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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Special provisions for the digital exploitation of unavailable books from the 20th century

Article Annexe à l'article R134-1

…n number. 5. Name of the collective author. 6. Title of book. 7. Name or company name of publisher. 8. Year of publication of the book. 9. Publication date (e.g. first edition, revised edition, enlarg…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Conditions for exercising the right to vote and stand for election and rules applicable to the conduct of the ballot for the election of members to the board of directors of the Ecole nationale des sports de montagne and to the advisory boards of the Ecole nationale de ski et d'alpinisme and the Centre national de ski nordique et de moyenne montagne

Article A211-51

…on availability, long-term leave or parental leave may not take part in the ballot. Within College 8, only trainees enrolled on the closing date of the ballot in a training course provided by the est…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: European investment service providers

Article L532-18

…provided in conjunction with an investment service.For the purposes of Articles L. 211-6 to L. 211-8, L. 213-3, L. 421-17 to L. 421-19, L. 211-36, L. 211-36-1, L. 531-10, L. 533-12-7, L. 542-1, L. 62…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 6: Safeguard, reorganisation and compulsory winding-up proceedings

Article L2312-53

…ry; 2° During safeguard proceedings, in the situations provided for in articles L. 623-3 and L. 626-8 of the French Commercial Code; 3° During receivership proceedings, in the situations and under the…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application.

Article L2411-1

…ing body and representative on the committee of the company resulting from the cross-border merger; 8° Staff representative of an external company, appointed to the health, safety and working conditio…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE VI: General procedural provisions.

Article L663-3

…paid by the Caisse des dépôts et consignations on the funds deposited pursuant to Articles L. 622-18, L. 626-25 et L. 641-8. This share is specifically allocated to a fund managed by the Caisse des d…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: The network of Chambers of Commerce and Industry.

Article L712-6

…t one statutory auditor and, when the conditions defined in the second paragraph of I of article L. 823-1 are present, an alternate chosen from the list referred to in Article L. 822-1, who shall perf…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title II: Management of copyright and related rights by an organisation

Article R329-20

I.-When it is granted authorisation under the conditions set out in Article L. 324-8-3, the collective management organisation must publish the following information without delay on its website, in a…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title IV: PERSONAL RETABLISHMENT

Article R743-1

…the commission, which sends it to the debtor when it sends the letter referred to in article R. 733-8. Where the deletion measure has been taken pursuant to the provisions of article L. 741-6, L. 742-…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: STAYS OF MORE THAN THREE MONTHS

Article R233-13

European Union citizens mentioned in 3° of article L. 233-1 who have established their habitual residence in France for less than five years are issued, at their request, with a residence permit beari…

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