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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the publication of a book in printed and digital form

Article L132-17-2

…ed for in II and III have no effect on the audiovisual adaptation contracts provided for in Article L. 131-3.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to securitisation undertakings

Article L214-175-2

…esponsible for the safekeeping of the scheme's assets under the conditions defined in II of article L. 214-175-4 and ensures that the management company's decisions concerning the scheme are lawful. T…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Operating rules

Article L214-17-2

…s may also include unrealised capital gains; 2° By way of derogation from the provisions of Article L. 232-12 of the French Commercial Code, prior certification of the accounts by the statutory audito…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Household and other waste

Article L2224-17-1

…n relation to the achievement of the waste prevention and management objectives set at national level. In particular, it presents the performance of the service in terms of quantities of residual hous…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Relationship between the respective payment service providers and the payment service user

Article L133-17-1

…ween the parties, of the refusal of access to the payment account and of the reasons for that refusal. That information shall, if possible, be given to the payment service user before access is refuse…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the publication of a book in printed and digital form

Article L132-17-3

I.-For each book, the publisher is required to report to the author on the calculation of his remuneration in an explicit and transparent manner.To this end, the publisher shall send the author, or ma…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Special provisions applicable to the publication of a musical work

Article L132-17-9

Agreements relating to the respective obligations of authors and music publishers and the penalties for non-compliance, and dealing with professional practices, concluded between the professional orga…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the publication of a book in printed and digital form

Article L132-17-1

Where the purpose of a publishing contract is to publish a book in both printed and digital form, the conditions relating to the transfer of exploitation rights in digital form shall be set out in a s…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Special provisions for publishing a book in digital form

Article L132-17-7

The publishing contract includes a clause for reviewing the economic conditions of the transfer of the rights to exploit the book in digital form.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Ia: Withholding

Article L521-17-3

Where the applicant uses information provided to him by the customs administration, by way of derogation from Article 59 bis of the Customs Code, for purposes other than those provided for in this Cha…

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