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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 5 : Acquisition of French nationality by decision of the public authorities

Article 21-14-1

French nationality is conferred by decree, on a proposal from the Minister of Defence, on any foreigner serving in the French armed forces who has been wounded on a mission during or on the occasion o…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: Guarantees granted to holders of municipal mandates

Article L2123-1-1

Subject to the compatibility of their workstation, local councillors are deemed to fall within the category of persons who have, where applicable, the most favourable access to teleworking in the exer…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 6: Publication of the register

Article R123-152-1

Copies, extracts or certificates may be issued by the registrars by electronic means under the conditions provided for in

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 6: Publication of the register

Article R123-154-1

Annual accounts which are accompanied by a declaration of confidentiality of the annual accounts pursuant to Article R. 123-111-1 may only be issued to companies that have filed them and to the author…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section V: Calculation of tax

Article 197

I. - As regards the taxpayers referred to in Article 4 B, the following rules shall be applied to calculate income tax:1. The tax is calculated by applying to the fraction of each share of income that…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter I: General partnerships.

Article L221-7-1

Article L. 225-102-3, with the exception of III, is applicable to general partnerships all of whose partners with unlimited liability are limited liability companies or joint stock companies. The repo…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: Moral rights

Article L121-7-1

The right of disclosure granted to the employee referred to in the third paragraph of article L. 111-1, who has created a work of the mind in the performance of his duties or according to instructions…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L131-5-1

I.-Where the author has transferred all or part of his exploitation rights, the assignee shall send him or make available to him by an electronic communication process, at least once a year, explicit…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L131-3-1

To the extent strictly necessary for the fulfilment of a public service mission, the right to exploit a work created by a State employee in the performance of his duties or following instructions rece…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L211-3-1

The beneficiaries of the rights opened up by Article L. 218-2 may not prohibit: 1° Acts of hyperlinking; 2° The use of isolated words or very short extracts from a press publication. This exception ma…

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