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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Powers and organisation for the protection of copyright and related rights

Article L331-16

Under the conditions laid down in article 17-1 of the law no. 95-73 of 21 January 1995 on security policy and programming, decisions to authorise the agents mentioned in article L. 331-14 of the prese…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article L331-3

The Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée may lodge a complaint and bring a civil action before the examining magistrate in respect of acts constituting the offence of counterfeiting, within…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application

Article L312-1

The provisions of this chapter apply to any credit transaction referred to in 6° of article L. 311-1, whether concluded for valuable consideration or free of charge and, where applicable, to its guara…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 5: Foreign nationals in seasonal employment

Article L421-34

A foreign national who works in a seasonal job, as defined in 3° of article L. 1242-2 of the Labour Code, and who undertakes to maintain his or her usual residence outside France, will be issued with…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: PUBLIC SERVICE CONTRACTS

Article L1411-1

Territorial authorities, their groupings or their public establishments may entrust the management of a public service for which they are responsible to one or more economic operators by means of a pu…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: Adoption and implementation of budgets

Article L1612-7

As from the 1997 financial year, for the application of article L. 1612-5, the municipal budget is not considered to be out of balance if the operating section includes or includes a surplus brought f…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter I: Nature sports

Article L311-4

The department shall draw up a departmental plan of motorised hiking routes under the conditions provided for in…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special case of payment instruments with personalised security data

Article L133-20

After informing the payment service provider or the entity designated by the latter, in accordance with article L. 133-17, for the purpose of blocking the payment instrument, the payer shall not bear…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L151-5

The investor or company carrying out the activities referred to in article L. 151-3 must provide the administrative authority in charge of the foreign investment authorisation and control procedure, a…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Declared funds

Article L214-153

By way of derogation from Article L. 214-24-24, the formation, transformation, merger, split or liquidation of a fund declared under this paragraph shall not be subject to authorisation by the Autorit…

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