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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Management standards applicable to investment services providers and prudential provisions applicable to investment firms

Article L533-3

Investment services providers other than portfolio management companies shall notify the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution of significant intra-group transactions in accordance with the…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to the implementation of a resolution measure

Article L613-51

Where it decides to implement the measures referred to in this subsection in respect of a person referred to in I of Article L. 613-34 of the measures referred to in this sub-section, the resolution b…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions applicable to legal entities

Article L123-11

Any legal entity applying for registration in the Trade and Companies Register must provide proof of enjoyment of the premises or premises where it sets up, alone or with others, the registered office…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions applicable to natural persons

Article L123-10

Individuals applying for registration in the Trade and Companies Register or the National Register of Companies as a business in the trades and crafts sector must declare the address of their business…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 6: Right to use journalists' works

Article L132-36

By way of derogation from Article L. 131-1 and subject to the provisions of article L. 121-8, the agreement binding a professional journalist or journalist treated as such within the meaning of articl…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 6: Right to use journalists' works

Article L132-40

Any transfer of the work with a view to its exploitation outside the initial press title or a coherent press family is subject to the express prior agreement of its author expressed on an individual b…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 6: Right to use journalists' works

Article L132-37

The exploitation of the journalist's work on different media, within the framework of the press title defined in article L. 132-35 of this code, has as its sole counterpart salary, for a period set by…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 6: Right to use journalists' works

Article L132-45

Article L. 132-41 applies as from the entry into force of an industry agreement determining the minimum wage for professional journalists who derive most of their income from the use of still images a…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 6: Right to use journalists' works

Article L132-38

The use of the work in the press title, beyond the period provided for in Article L. 132-37, is remunerated, by way of additional remuneration in the form of royalties or salary, under conditions dete…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 6: Right to use journalists' works

Article L132-39

Where the publishing company or the company controlling it, within the meaning of article L. 233-16 of the French Commercial Code, publishes several press titles, a company agreement may provide for t…

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