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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Copyright owners

Article L113-9

…ghts in software and its documentation created by one or more employees in the performance of their duties or on the instructions of their employer are vested in the employer, who alone is entitled to…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: Moral rights

Article L121-9

…are subject to the ordinary law of matrimonial property regimes, only where they have been acquired during the marriage; the same applies to savings made from these heads. The provisions of the preced…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L132-9

The author must enable the publisher to manufacture and distribute copies of the work or to produce the work in digital form.The author must deliver to the publisher, within the period specified in th…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Control by the Minister for Culture

Article L326-9

…t, prior to their constitution, to the Minister responsible for culture in accordance with the procedures defined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat. Within two months of receipt, the Minister may refer…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions of practice of the profession of industrial property attorney

Article L422-9

A national company of industrial property attorneys is hereby established, a body with legal personality, placed at the National Institute of Industrial Property for the purpose of representing indust…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions

Article L335-9

If the perpetrator of one of the offences provided for and punished by this chapter is or has been bound by an agreement with the injured party, the penalties incurred shall be doubled..

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter II: Information on prices and conditions of sale

Article L112-9

…re made available to the end consumer, free of charge or against payment, as part of the sale of products presented without packaging.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Misleading commercial practices

Article L132-9

Failure to comply with the judge's decision ordering the cessation of the misleading commercial practice is punishable by two years' imprisonment and a fine of 300,000 euros.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Performance of the contract

Article L224-9

The consumer has free access to his consumption data.The terms and conditions of access to consumption data and statements are specified by a decree issued after consulting the Conseil national de la…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 8: Matrimonial brokerage contracts

Article L224-90

The offer of meetings with a view to marriage or a stable union, proposed by a professional, shall be the subject of a written contract, drawn up in legible characters, a copy of which shall be given…

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