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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Termination of the rights management authorisation

Article L322-7

If sums are owed to a rights holder for acts of exploitation performed before his request for total or partial termination took effect, or under an exploitation authorisation granted before that effec…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 3: Development grant.

Article L2334-14-1

I. - The national equalisation grant comprises a main share and a top-up.II. - This allocation is distributed among the municipalities under the conditions specified in III, IV, V and VI, after deduct…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership.

Article L225-149-2

Rights attached to securities giving access to the capital which have been used or which have been acquired by the issuing company or by the company called upon to issue new equity securities shall be…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IV: Judicial liquidation and professional recovery.

Article L641-14-1

The liquidator, with the agreement of the administrator, if one has been appointed, may acquiesce in a claim for revendication or restitution of an asset mentioned in Section 3 of Chapter IV of Title…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Rules governing the practice of the profession

Article L4221-14-2

The Minister for Health or, by delegation, the Director General of the Centre National de Gestion may also, following the opinion of a commission, made up in particular of professionals, individually…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Intermediary associations.

Article L5132-14-1

Intermediary associations may enter into open-ended contracts with people aged at least fifty-seven who are experiencing particular social and professional difficulties, in accordance with procedures…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Advertising

Article L224-71

Any advertisement relating to any contract or group of contracts for the use of timeshare, long-term holiday product or for resale or exchange shall indicate the possibility of obtaining the informati…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Advertising

Article L224-72

The timeshare and long-term holiday products offered cannot be represented or sold as an investment.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Scope and definitions

Article L224-70

The contracts mentioned in the first paragraph of article

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Pre-contractual information

Article L224-73

In good time and before any commitment on his part, the consumer shall receive from the trader in a clear and comprehensible manner, in writing or on an easily accessible durable medium, accurate and…

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