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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Composition

Article D1432-15

…nate member until a new full member is appointed under the conditions set out in Article D. 1432-19.III - The natural or legal persons mentioned in 2°, 3° and 4° of I of the present article, responsib…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle III: Victims' rights

Article R2-15-2

…s of terrorism and other offences, appointed by name and duly empowered by the competent authority. III.-May have access, by virtue of their duties and within the limits of the need to know, for terro…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Section II: Income tax and corporation tax

Article 239 bis AB

…of this II is assessed on the opening date of the first financial year in which the option applies. III.-The option may only be exercised with the agreement of all the members, excluding the members m…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
Chapter III: Miscellaneous taxes

Article 231

…e calendar year preceding the payment of such remuneration does not exceed the limits defined in I, III and IV of Article 293 B are exempt from payroll tax.Companies falling within the scope of applic…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Copyright owners

Article L113-1

Authorship belongs, in the absence of proof to the contrary, to the person or persons under whose name the work is disclosed.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Copyright owners

Article L113-7

The natural person or persons who carry out the intellectual creation of an audiovisual work shall have the status of author of that work. In the absence of proof to the contrary, the following shall…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Copyright owners

Article L113-4

The composite work is the property of the author who made it, subject to the rights of the author of the pre-existing work.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Copyright owners

Article L113-2

A work in the creation of which several natural persons have taken part is said to be collaborative. A new work into which a pre-existing work is incorporated without the collaboration of the author o…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Copyright owners

Article L113-9-1

Unless otherwise stipulated, where persons not covered by article L. 113-9 and who are hosted under an agreement by a private or public legal entity carrying out research create software in the perfor…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Copyright owners

Article L113-3

The collaborative work is the joint property of the co-authors. The co-authors must exercise their rights by common agreement. In the event of disagreement, it is for the civil court to rule. Where th…

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