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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 7: Commercial use of the image, name and voice of professional sportspeople and trainers

Article D222-50

A professional athlete or trainer may benefit from the payment of the royalty provided for in article L. 222-2-10-1, in respect of the individual use, by the sports association or company mentioned in…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter I: Training for sports professions

Article L211-5

…ice the sport in which he has been trained on a professional basis, the beneficiary of the training may be obliged to enter into an employment contract as defined in articles L. 222-2 to L. 222-2-9 of…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter II: Provisions specific to certain properties

Article R162-5

…sums that cannot be seized come from a debt that does not fall due periodically, the account holder may, upon providing proof of the origin of the sums, request that the amount thereof be made availab…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Obligations incumbent on the person entered in the file

Article R50-50

…ationality and residing abroad, who is unable to fulfil the obligations resulting from article 706-25-7 because of the absence of French representation in the foreign country where they reside or the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: Moral rights

Article L121-5

…where applicable, the co-writers and, on the other hand, the producer. The matrix of this version may not be destroyed. Any modification of this version by addition, deletion or change of any elemen…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-5

…rticles of association, to defend the moral interests and honour of the Resistance or the deportees may exercise the rights recognised as a civil party with regard to either the glorification of war c…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title IV: Citations and meanings

Article D46-5

The provisions of the second paragraph of Article 559-1 allowing the public prosecutor to extend the time limit for service of a decision to up to three months shall also apply to service issued at th…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Staff and operating expenses

Article R1423-52

…try directors keep the administrative accounts of the operating expenses set out in article R. 1423-51. A registry official other than the registry director is authorised to receive the sums deposited…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Aid for medical students

Article D1511-54

…he annual amount of the study and professional project allowance, provided for in II of article L. 1511-8 of this code, allocated by the local authorities, alone or jointly, may not exceed the annual…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L151-5

The President of the Corsican Executive Council may amend or revoke the acts of the Corsican Tourist Agency under the conditions set out in article L. 4424-41 of the General Local Authorities Code.

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