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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article L212-3-2

…nal agreement applicable in his sector of activity and providing for a comparable mechanism, the performer is entitled to additional remuneration when the remuneration initially provided for in the ex…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L1614-6

The financial statement provided for in Article L. 1614-3 :- the appropriations included in the dotation d'équipement des territoires ruraux des communes and the dotation de soutien à l'investissement…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section V: The law.

Article 12

The judge shall decide the dispute in accordance with the rules of law applicable to it. He must give or restore their exact characterisation to the facts and acts in dispute without stopping at the n…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Summons to appear, immediate appearance and deferred appearance

Article 397-4

If the accused is sentenced to unsuspended imprisonment, the court hearing the case pursuant to articles 395 et seq. may, regardless of the length of the sentence, order, on the basis of the elements…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Appearance of the accused

Article 416

If the accused cannot, due to his state of health, appear before the court and if there are serious reasons not to defer the judgment of the case, the court orders, by special reasoned decision, that…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: General rules.

Article 113

1. Goods brought into Customs offices or into places designated by the Customs service may not be disposed of without the authorisation of the service and without : a) The duties and taxes paid on imp…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Evidentiary value of regular reports and remedies available to defendants against this legal authority.

Article 339

(1) Any person wishing to register a forgery against a report must make a written declaration to that effect, in person or by a special proxy executed before a notary, no later than the hearing indica…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article R121-7

Where representation by a lawyer is not compulsory, the parties shall defend themselves.They may be assisted or represented by:1° A lawyer;2° Their spouse;3° Their partner or the person with whom they…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L732-5

When house arrest has been imposed pursuant to 6°, 7° or 8° of article L. 731-3 or articles L. 731-4 or L. 731-5, the maximum period of six months provided for in article L. 732-4 does not apply.In th…

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

Article 722-23

The amount of aid is capped at :1° 50% of expenditure relating to the design, creation and overhaul or substantial development of a website dedicated to international sales, up to a limit of €30,000 p…

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