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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-21-1

…he thresholds defining small and medium-sized enterprises provided for in Article 2 of the Annex to Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC of 6 May 2003 concerning the definition of micro, small and me…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L132-3

…so-called half-account contract. With this type of contract, the author or his successors in title commission a publisher to produce, at the publisher's expense and in number, copies of the work or t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Procedures and penalties

Article L343-5

…merce the articles found to be infringing and any thing that served or was intended to serve in the commission of the offence. The court may order the destruction at the expense of the convicted perso…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Direct management of public services

Article L1412-2

…r du titre II du livre II de la deuxième partie, le cas échéant, après avoir recueilli l'avis de la commission consultative des services publics locaux prévue à l'article L. 1413-1. However, services…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Court reconciliation software

Article 230-20

…° Preliminary enquiries, flagrante delicto enquiries or investigations carried out under a rogatory commission;2° Procedures for investigating the causes of death or disappearance provided for by the…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L131-6

…rovisions ofarticle L. 212-9, under conditions defined by a decree issued after consultation of the Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés. The statutes of sports federations may stipu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General principles

Article L1142-3-1

…onstructive purpose, including their preparatory or follow-up phase. II. - However, recourse to the commissions mentioned in article L. 1142-5 acting in their conciliation capacity remains open to pat…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Compensation for victims

Article L1142-16

When the victim has not informed the Regional Commission of the benefits received or to be received from third-party payers other than the social security funds, the third-party payers have a right of…

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

Article D141-11

The Commission for commercial tourist accommodation referred to in article L. 141-2 is responsible for issuing an opinion on the draft classification tables for hotels, tourist residences, furnished t…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Penalty procedure

Article L423-9

…report, together with the documents on which it is based, to the defendant, the Regulatory Control Commission and the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée.

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