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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Rights of phonogram producers

Article L213-1

The phonogram producer is the person, natural or legal, who has the initiative and responsibility for the first fixation of a sound sequence. The phonogram producer's authorisation is required before…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Statutory audit.

Article L823-17

…tutory auditors shall be convened to all meetings of the board of directors or the management board and the supervisory board, or of the collegiate administrative or management body and the supervisor…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Development of apprenticeships in the non-industrial and non-commercial public sector

Article L6227-10

…licable to civil servants, public employees or employees of the legal entities mentioned in article L. 6227-1, nor under one of the special retirement schemes applicable to these employees.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Financial solidarity of the principal.

Article L8254-1

…a view to the performance of work, the supply of a service or the performance of a commercial act, and periodically until the end of the performance of this contract, any person verifies that his co-…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Falsifications

Article L451-1-1

Violation of the prohibitions set out in article L. 413-1 is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 300,000 euros.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: Voter information, election campaign and voting operations

Article LO1112-14-1

…de mentioned in this sub-section are applicable to referendums organised by the communes of Mayotte and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, under the conditions laid down in the following articles of the Electo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 5: Penalties for non-compliance with the obligation to declare and provide information

Article L7122-16

…ng arts entrepreneur without holding a valid activity declaration receipt as referred to in article L. 7122-3, or that it has not fulfilled the obligations set out in the third paragraph of I of artic…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 2: Bodies

Article L5842-15

The articles L. 5212-6, L. 5212-7 and L. 5212-8 are applicable in French Polynesia.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Paragraph 5: Modification of the initial conditions of membership and operation

Article L5842-18

The articles L. 5212-27, L. 5212-29 to L. 5212-32 are applicable in French Polynesia.

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter III: Costs of proceedings.

Article L663-1-1

Where precautionary measures ordered pursuant to articles L. 621-2, L. 631-10-1 and L. 651-4 relate to assets whose conservation or holding generates costs or which are likely to deteriorate, the offi…

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