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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Id : Multi-territorial exploitation licences for online rights in musical works

Article R321-13

…l manage the musical works whose management has been entrusted to it in accordance with Article L. 325-3 under the same conditions as those it applies to the management of its own musical repertoire.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Capital increases.

Article L225-135-1

…e event of a capital increase with or without preferential subscription rights, the General Meeting may provide that the number of shares may be increased for a period set by decree in the Conseil d'E…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Exemptions

Article D3335-15-1

The exemptions referred to in the second paragraph of article L. 3335-4 are granted by the Préfet de département or, in Paris, by the Préfet de police or, in the département of Bouches-du-Rhône, by th…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 6: Nature of the continuous assessment of knowledge leading to the brevet d'Etat d'éducateur sportif à trois degrés (three-degree state diploma for sports instructors) during training under the responsibility of the Minister for Sport

Article A212-135

…f Youth, Sport and the Voluntary Sector after consultation with the persons mentioned in article A. 212-136. He or she must hold at least a first-degree state certificate in sports education (brevet d…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Terms of office of board or committee members.

Article L5211-13-1

…annual resolution, the deliberative body of the public establishment for inter-communal cooperation may make a vehicle available to its members or to the public establishment's employees when this is…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Common provisions applicable to authorisation and registration schemes

Article R1333-132

I.-Where a registration has been made or an authorisation issued for a limited period, it may be renewed at the request of the person responsible for the nuclear activity, submitted no later than six…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: The Board of Directors and General Management

Article L22-10-15

…trading on a regulated market, the exceptional remuneration of directors referred to in Article L. 225-46 are allocated in accordance with the conditions set out in article L. 22-10-8.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 4: Guarantees granted to the chairmen and members of advisory boards (R).

Article D4432-13-1

Articles D. 4134-28 to D. 4134-33 are applicable to the chairmen and members of advisory councils under the conditions laid down by the laws and regulations applicable locally.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: The Board of Directors and General Management

Article L22-10-13

…lated market shall publish on their website information on the agreements referred to in article L. 225-38 at the latest when they are concluded. Any interested party may ask the president of the cour…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: National Council.

Article R.4322-23-1

The national council concludes contracts governed by article L. 4322-12 under the conditions set out in section 1 of chapter II of title II of book I.

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