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French Insurance CodeIn force
Single chapter.

Article L550-1

For the purposes of I of Article L. 512-1, agents who are not general insurance agents, who carry out their activity in the name and on behalf of an insurance undertaking and under its full responsibi…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 2: National holiday voucher agency

Article L411-15

The Agence nationale pour les chèques-vacances is administered by a Board of Directors comprising representatives of holiday voucher beneficiaries, appointed on the recommendation of the trade unions…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: Authorisation to operate as an operator

Article L212-2

Persons whose activity is to operate a cinema must hold a licence granted by the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée. Any person whose purpose is to organise travelling fil…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Lien and enforcement of pledges

Article L124-2

Unless otherwise stipulated in the contract and recorded in the public film and audiovisual register or in the options register, the beneficiary of one of the rights referred to in 2° and 3° of articl…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Detection of breaches and offences

Article L414-1

The agents mentioned in article L. 411-1 who observe one of the breaches mentioned in article…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Patent rights

Article L613-15

The proprietor of a patent infringing an earlier patent may not work his patent without the authorisation of the proprietor of the earlier patent; the said proprietor may not work the later patent wit…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Designations of origin

Article L431-4

In the absence of a final court ruling based on article L. 431-6, a decree in the Council of State, issued after a public enquiry carried out in accordance with the code de l'expropriation pour cause…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title II: SAFETY

Article L421-7

In cases other than those mentioned in articles L. 421-5 and L. 421-6, the compliance of a product with the general safety obligation is assessed by taking into account the following elements in parti…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: MEASURES APPLICABLE TO FOREIGNERS ASSIGNED TO RESIDENCE

Article L733-15

When required to protect public security, the administrative authority may prohibit a foreign national, placed under house arrest pursuant to 6° or 7° of article L. 731-3 or article L. 731-4, who has…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER IV: Public industrial and commercial services

Article L2224-3

The deliberations and clauses of treaties or specifications which, prior to the date of entry into force of the loi n° 88-13 du 5 janvier 1988 d'amélioration de la décentralisation, have provided for…

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