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Showing 28612870 of 34398 articles for Art. Cass. com. – 4 Dec. 2007 – no. 06-15.137

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Duration of protection

Article L123-4

For posthumous works, the duration of the exclusive right is that set out in article L. 123-1. For posthumous works disclosed after the expiry of this period, the term of the exclusive right is twenty…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions common to performers and phonogram producers

Article L214-4

…tivity concerned, use phonograms under the conditions provided for in 1°, 2° and 3° of Article L. 214-1. The organisations called upon to appoint the members of the commission and the number of people…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determination of taxable profits

Article 43 bis

…subscribed to the initial capital of the sociétés immobilières conventionnées referred to in Order no. 58-876 of 24 September 1958 or to their capital increases, have waived, within a period of one y…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Acquisition of French nationality by marriage

Article 21-4

The Government may oppose, by decree in the Council of State, on the grounds of unworthiness or lack of assimilation, other than linguistic, the acquisition of French nationality by the foreign spouse…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 8: Appearance on preliminary recognition of guilt

Article 495-11

…tence, the person is, according to the distinctions provided for in the second paragraph of article 495-8, either immediately incarcerated in a remand centre, or summoned before the sentence enforceme…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Creation and form of cheque

Article L131-4

Cheques may only be drawn on a credit institution, an investment services provider other than a portfolio management company, the French Treasury, the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations or the Banque…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Execution of the investigation decision

Article 694-42

The reports, objects seized and any other evidence gathered in execution of the investigation decision shall be handed over to the issuing authority as soon as possible. The magistrate hearing the cas…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Organisation of sporting events and competitions on the public highway

Article A331-40

…as they are wearing an approved helmet and a high-visibility waistcoat as referred to in article R. 416-19 of the Highway Code. To do this, the signallers use the gestures required by the regulations…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition

Article L2316-4

The central social and economic committee is made up of: 1° The employer or his representative; 2° An equal number of full delegates and alternates, elected for each establishment by the establishment…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Compensation for contaminated victims.

Article L3122-4

The Office is subrogated, up to the amount of the sums paid, to the rights that the victim has against the person responsible for the loss or damage as well as against the persons obliged in any way t…

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