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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Agency agreement

Article L132-20-1

I.-The right to authorise the simultaneous, unabridged and unchanged cable retransmission, on national territory, of a work broadcast from national territory or the territory of another Member State o…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-23

Temporary insurance policies in the event of death, as well as immediate life annuities or annuities in payment, may not be reduced or surrendered. Survivor's capital and survivor's annuity insurance,…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article R132-5-3

The indemnity referred to in the fourth paragraph of Article L. 132-21-1 may not exceed 5% of the present value of the commitments made respectively by the insurer and by the policyholders of the cont…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Commission agents in general.

Article L132-2

The commission agent has a lien on the value of the goods which are the subject of his obligation and on the documents relating thereto for all his claims for commission against his principal, even if…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Audiovisual production contract

Article L132-23

The producer of an audiovisual work is the natural or legal person who takes the initiative and responsibility for making the work.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Audiovisual production contract

Article L132-26

The author guarantees the producer the peaceful exercise of the rights assigned.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Audiovisual production contract

Article L132-27

The producer is required to seek ongoing exploitation of the audiovisual work in accordance with the practices of the profession. The scope and conditions of implementation of this obligation and, whe…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Audiovisual production contract

Article L132-28

The producer shall provide the author and co-authors, at least once a year, with a statement of revenue from the exploitation of the work according to each mode of exploitation.At their request, he sh…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Policyholder participation in technical and financial profits

Article L132-29

Life insurance or capitalisation companies and supplementary occupational pension funds allow policyholders to share in the technical and financial profits they make, in accordance with the conditions…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-2

Insurance in the event of death taken out by a third party on the life of the insured is null and void if the insured has not given his or her consent in writing, specifying the capital or annuity ini…

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