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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Compensation for breach of business confidentiality

Article L152-6

…ent. The court may, as an alternative and at the request of the injured party, award damages in the form of a lump sum that takes into account, in particular, the royalties that would have been payabl…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Rights of press publishers and press agencies

Article L218-4

…elated rights for the reproduction and communication to the public of press publications in digital form is based on the revenues from exploitation of any kind, direct or indirect or, failing that, as…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Collective management bodies

Article L321-1

I.-Collective management organisations are legal entities constituted in any legal form whose main purpose is to manage copyright or rights related to copyright on behalf of several holders of these r…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions of practice of the profession of industrial property attorney

Article L422-7-1

…provided for in Title IV bis of Law no. 90-1258 of 31 December 1990 relating to the practice in the form of companies of liberal professions subject to a legislative or regulatory statute or whose tit…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: Scope of application

Article L341-2

…n Economic Area, or who have their habitual residence in such a State; 2° Companies or undertakings formed in accordance with the legislation of a Member State and having their registered office, cent…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
2: Determining taxable income

Article 82

…publiques, are not considered to be a benefit in kind. The amount of remuneration allocated in the form of benefits in kind is assessed in accordance with the rules established for the calculation of…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
SINGLE CHAPTER

Article L1321-3

…g from the disposal may, at its request, become the owner of the disused assets, where these do not form part of the public domain, at a price corresponding to their market value. This price may be:-d…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER VII: Provisions relating to local authority accountants

Article L1617-6

I.-The following public bodies transmit to the public accountants, in dematerialised form, the documents required for the execution of their expenditure and revenue, in compliance with the procedures…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section IV: Special provisions for certain cross-border investigative measures.

Article 178-1

…or commercial matters (taking of evidence) (recast), gives rise to costs for the translation of the forms to be sent to the requested court, the judge shall order the payment of an advance on those co…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article L224-29

Without prejudice to the other obligations to provide information and advice that apply to him, the manager of the retirement savings plan or the service provider authorised to distribute the retireme…

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