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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Operators of voluntary sales of furniture by public auction

Article A321-8

The examination tests are oral and take place in public session. The Conseil des Maisons de Vente provides the secretariat for the jury. The examination, the syllabus of which is set out in Appendix 3…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Insurance CodeIn force
Section V: Provisions relating to the opening of a branch and the exercise of the freedom to provide services.

Article L321-11

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall ensure that any insurance undertaking referred to in Article L. 310-3-1 which intends to open a branch, to carry on business for the first ti…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Operators of voluntary sales of furniture by public auction

Article A321-4

The following are admitted as exemptions from a national bachelor's degree in art history, or the applied arts, or archaeology or the plastic arts required to manage voluntary sales of furniture by pu…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title II: Management of copyright and related rights by an organisation

Article R321-8

I. - In order to grant authorisations for the multi-territorial exploitation of online rights in musical works, collective management organisations must comply with the following conditions:1° Have th…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title II: Management of copyright and related rights by an organisation

Article R321-11

I. - Collective management organisations pay the sums due to right holders in respect of multi-territorial exploitation authorisations for online rights granted in respect of their musical works withi…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Subsection 1: Issuing the summons to pay as a form of seizure to the debtor

Article R321-3

In addition to the particulars prescribed for bailiff's documents, the summons to pay valid as a seizure shall include : 1° A statement that the pursuing creditor is a solicitor, which implies electio…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Collective management bodies

Article L321-5

Collective management organisations are governed by the provisions specific to the legal form in which they are constituted, subject to the provisions of this Title.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Collective management bodies

Article L321-3

Collective management organisations allow their members and other rightholders whose economic rights they manage to communicate with them by electronic means, in particular to exercise the rights gran…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: EDICTION

Article L321-1

Any foreign national who does not habitually reside in France and is not present on French territory may be subject to an administrative ban on entry if their presence in France would constitute a ser…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter I: Insurance obligation

Article L321-1

Sports associations, companies and federations take out insurance to cover their own civil liability, that of their salaried or volunteer employees and that of sports users. Licence holders and partic…

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