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Showing 29712980 of 40442 articles for Art. Cass. ass. plén. 24 April 1970 · Cass. 1re civ. 11 December 2001 · Cass. com. 24 January 2006 · Cass. com. 31 May 1988

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Contracts between a performer and a phonogram producer

Article L212-11

…re exploitations of his performance in return for an advance granted by the latter, this assignment may not relate to the remuneration mentioned in articles L. 214-1 and L. 311-1. Any clause to the co…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 211-110

…4° of article L. 312-2 of the Code du cinéma et de l'image animée, all the f…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Transfer and loss of rights

Article L613-11

Any person governed by public or private law may, on the expiry of a period of three years after the grant of a patent, or of four years from the date of filing of the application, obtain a compulsory…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Pollution of maritime waters by discharges from ships

Article 706-110

The public prosecutor at a judicial court other than those referred to in Article 706-107 may, for offences falling within the scope of this article, request the investigating judge to relinquish juri…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 919-117

…pplication form drawn up by the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée electronically by 15 May 2022 at the latest.This form must be accompanied by:1° Documents proving that the foreign sales…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 10: Import and export

Article R5121-115

…nale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé. However, the proprietary medicinal product may contain excipients different from those of the proprietary medicinal product which has obtained…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Specific provisions for victims of violence and offences committed within a couple or within the family

Article D1-11-2

…the victim or on appearing in certain places as provided for by article 138 of this Code or by 9°, 11°, 12°, 13°, 18° and 18° bis of article 132-45 of the Penal Code; 2° If the effectiveness of this…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Employee information

Article L1233-57-11

In undertakings with a central undertaking social and economic committee, the employer convenes and informs the central social and economic committee and the establishment social and economic committe…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Provisions relating to the analysis of resolvability

Article L311-11

…time they are updated, the College of Resolution assesses the extent to which the persons concerned may either be subject to collective proceedings in accordance with the procedures set out in Article…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 3: Foreign nationals enrolled in a mobility programme

Article R422-11

The Minister responsible for immigration may withdraw the authorisation to work in France provided for in article L. 422-4 for one of the following reasons:1° The foreign national no longer has valid…

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