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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the publication of a book in printed and digital form

Article L132-17-3

I.-For each book, the publisher is required to report to the author on the calculation of his remuneration in an explicit and transparent manner.To this end, the publisher shall send the author, or ma…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Other conditions of access and practice

Article L519-3-4

Where the intermediary acts on behalf of a credit institution, a finance company, an electronic money institution that provides payment services, a payment institution, another intermediary in banking…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 5: The investment aid fund for departmental and territorial fire and rescue services

Article L1424-36-1

I. - Credits from the investment aid fund for departmental and territorial fire and rescue services are allocated to fire and rescue services, by the prefects of the defence zones for which they are r…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General organisation.

Article L6141-7-3

Public health establishments may set up one or more hospital foundations, with legal personality, resulting from the irrevocable allocation to the establishment concerned of assets, rights or resource…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6a: Equity savings plan for financing small and medium-sized enterprises and mid-cap companies

Article L221-32-1

Taxpayers whose tax residence is in France may open an equity savings plan for the financing of small and medium-sized enterprises and mid-cap companies with a credit institution, the Caisse des dépôt…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General principles

Article L1111-3-2

I.- Information is provided by self-employed healthcare professionals and health centres:1° By display in the places where patients are received ;2° By prior quotation above a certain amount.In the ca…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Preliminary chapter: Human rights

Article L1110-3-1

In Mayotte, a health professional may not refuse to treat a person for one of the reasons referred to in the first paragraph of article 225-1 or article 225-1-1 of the Penal Code.Any person who believ…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Flat-rate grant.

Article L2334-7-3

In 2014, the amount of the flat-rate allowance for municipalities in mainland France and the overseas departments, with the exception of those in the Department of Mayotte, is reduced by €588 million.…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Economic rights

Article L122-5-3

I.-Text and data mining, within the meaning of 10° of Article L. 122-5, means the implementation of a technique for the automated analysis of texts and data in digital form in order to extract informa…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Tasks of healthcare institutions.

Article L6111-3-1

I.- Local hospitals are public or private healthcare establishments, or identified sites within these establishments. They provide the first level of the gradation of hospital care and refer patients…

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