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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Provisions applicable to satellite broadcasting, communication on an ancillary online service and simultaneous, unabridged and unchanged retransmission

Article L217-1-1

The rights related to copyright corresponding to the communication to the public and reproduction of a phonogram or videogram incorporated into a television or radio programme on an ancillary online s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5121-1-1

The following definitions apply 1° "Investigational medicinal product" means a medicinal product which has been tested or used as a reference, including as a placebo, in a clinical trial; 2° "Authoris…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Spouse and child of a foreign national holding long-term resident status - EU in another Member State of the European Union

Article L426-13

The residence permit provided for in article L. 426-12 is also issued, when the child reaches the age of eighteen, to the child, who entered France as a minor, of a foreign national holding long-term…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: European Works Council set up by agreement.

Article L2342-10-1

The members of the European Works Council set up by agreement inform the staff representatives of the establishments or undertakings of a Community-scale group of undertakings or, in the absence of re…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Processing applications

Article L612-13

From the day on which the application is filed and until the day on which the documentary search prior to the report provided for in Article L. 612-14 has been commenced, the applicant may file new cl…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Extemporaneous preparation and retail sale.

Article L5442-14

The manufacture, distribution, advertising, offer for sale, sale, import and export of falsified medicinal products defined in article L. 5111-3 for veterinary use are punishable by five years' impris…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Book II: PROVISIONS SPECIFIC TO PARTNERSHIP CONTRACTS

Article L2200-1

Subject to the provisions of Book V of this Part relating to other public contracts, the partnership contracts defined in Article L. 1112-1 are governed by the provisions of Book I, with the exception…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Requests for checks, measurements and analyses.

Article L4722-1

The labour inspector referred to in Article L. 8112-1 may, under conditions determined by decree of the Conseil d'Etat, ask the employer to have technical inspections carried out, consisting in partic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Hospital care homes

Article L6328-1

The maisons d'accueil hospitalières comply with national specifications drawn up after consultation with representative organisations, set by an order of the ministers responsible for social affairs a…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Rights of phonogram producers

Article L213-1

The phonogram producer is the person, natural or legal, who has the initiative and responsibility for the first fixation of a sound sequence. The phonogram producer's authorisation is required before…

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