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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L421-4-1

The contributions to the guarantee fund referred to in article L. 421-4 are defined as follows:1° The contribution from policyholders is based on all net premiums or contributions that they pay to ins…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Freedom of dissemination

Article R333-4

Short extracts of a sporting event or competition broadcast pursuant to Article L. 333-7 are taken from the images of the holder of the exploitation right established in France by any television servi…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Constitution.

Article R322-45

Mutual insurance companies governed by this section must include in their articles of association and in all contractual or advertising documents relating to insurance or capitalisation the following…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Special provisions relating to certain uses of orphan works

Article R135-4

Proof of the rights provided for in article L. 135-6 is submitted by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or by electronic means with acknowledgement of receipt. In support of his or her…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 8: Miscellaneous provisions

Article R623-48

The notifications provided for by this section and by Article L. 623-18 shall be made by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.Sending by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: The exchange of information between the competent authorities of different Member States pursuant to Directive 2019/1153 of 20 June 2019

Article R49-42

The public prosecutor, the investigating judge and the officers or agents of the judicial police mentioned in articles 60-1,77-1-1 and 99-3 keep registers enabling the traceability of requests receive…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Nominations.

Article R713-43

Any elector who meets the conditions set out in Article L. 713-10 may stand as a candidate in his sub-category or, failing that, in his professional category. No person may be a candidate in more than…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Photographs of models

Article R2133-4

The obligation set out in Article L. 2133-2 applies to photographs of models for commercial use included in advertising messages disseminated, in particular, by billposting, by online public communica…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Sub-section 1: Exercise by a taxpayer of shares belonging to the public establishment for intermunicipal cooperation

Article R5211-49

In the case provided for in article L. 5211-58, the taxpayer is issued with a receipt for the detailed statement of case that it has sent to the administrative court. The prefect, to whom the matter h…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Agency agreement

Article L132-20-4

The right to authorise a signal distributor to represent a work under the conditions mentioned in article L. 122-2-4 may only be exercised by a collective management organisation.If this organisation…

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