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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 6: Mandates and their execution

Article 135-2

If the person who is the subject of an arrest warrant is discovered after the settlement of the information, the procedure shall be in accordance with the provisions of this article. The public prosec…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Special provisions relating to certain uses of orphan works

Article L135-3

An organisation mentioned in 1° of Article L. 135-1 may not apply Article L. 135-2 only after having: 1° Carried out diligent, proven and serious searches for rightholders, pursuant to the first parag…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Self-employed door-to-door salespeople.

Article L135-3

Self-employed door-to-door salespeople whose business income has reached an amount set by decree during a period defined by the same decree are required to register with the Trade and Companies Regist…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Special provisions relating to certain uses of orphan works

Article L135-2

The organisations mentioned in 1° of Article L. 135-1 may only use the works mentioned in that same article as part of their cultural, educational and research missions and on condition that they do n…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Special provisions relating to certain uses of orphan works

Article L135-5

When the diligent, proven and serious searches mentioned in Article L. 135-3 have made it possible to identify and locate the holder or holders of the rights in a work, the work ceases to be orphan. W…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Special provisions relating to certain uses of orphan works

Article L135-7

A decree in the Council of State shall define the procedures for applying this chapter, in particular the appropriate sources of information for each category of works that must be consulted for the s…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Special provisions relating to certain uses of orphan works

Article L135-6

When a holder of rights in an orphan work justifies his rights to an organisation mentioned in article L. 135-3, the latter may only continue to use the work with the authorisation of the rightholder.…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Special provisions relating to certain uses of orphan works

Article L135-4

Where an orphan work is already registered in the database mentioned in 2° of Article L. 135-3, the organisation is not required to carry out the searches mentioned in the same Article. It must indica…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Special provisions relating to certain uses of orphan works

Article R135-3

The information provided for in Article L. 135-4 is communicated to the Minister responsible for culture, with a view to its transmission without delay to the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter V: Self-employed door-to-door salespeople.

Article L135-2

The contract may provide for the seller to provide services aimed at developing and running the network of independent home sellers, if these are likely to promote the sale of the company's products o…

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