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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Collective decisions by members

Article L323-10

When, due to its legal form, the collective management organisation does not have a general meeting of its members, the powers of the latter, as provided for in article L. 323-6, are exercised by the…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Electronic offers and promotions

Article L122-10

The provisions of articles L. 122-8 and L. 122-9 are applicable to advertising, offers, competitions or games aimed at professionals.

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Beneficiaries of subsidiary protection

Article L424-10

After submitting their application for a multi-annual residence permit, and while awaiting the issue of this permit, the foreign national mentioned in article L. 424-9 has the right to exercise the pr…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Withdrawal of residence permits

Article L432-10

A resident card issued in disregard of the provisions of article L. 432-3 must be withdrawn.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Fixed-term employment contracts

Article L1254-10

A fixed-term employment contract is concluded between the freelance administration company and the freelance employee to provide a service to a client company.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Exercise of the mandate.

Article L1442-10

A decree sets out the compensation arrangements for employees who work away from their place of work or for several employers.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Sub-section 2: Declaration of exemptions

Article L1453-10

Any agreement stipulating the offer of benefits whose value is less than the amounts provided for in article L. 1453-11 is subject to declaration by the person referred to in article L. 1453-5, who tr…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: Agence de développement touristique de la France.

Article R141-10

The Registration Commission referred to in Article L. 141-2 is responsible for establishing, maintaining and updating the register referred to in Article L. 141-3. In this capacity, it receives applic…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Obligations of delegated producers

Article L251-10

Where, for one or more of the modes of exploitation, the line producer directly exploits an audiovisual work, he shall draw up the corresponding exploitation account in accordance with sub-section 1 o…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 2: Formulation of technical specifications

Article R2111-10

Technical specifications formulated in terms of performance or functional requirements are sufficiently precise to enable candidates to know exactly what the contract is about and to enable the purcha…

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