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Showing 76917700 of 11310 articles for Art. Loi n° 81-766 – 10 Aug. 1981 – loi Lang

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Special provisions relating to the digital exploitation of unavailable books

Article L134-5

…ective management organisation of its decision in writing within two months.The authorisation to exploit referred to in the first paragraph is issued by the collective management organisation on an ex…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Technical protection and information measures

Article L331-5

…uestion the legal protection resulting from articles 79-1 to 79-6 and from Article 95 of Law no. 86-1067 of 30 September 1986 relating to freedom of communication.Technological measures may not preven…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 1: General provisions and differentiated exercise of powers

Article L1111-1-1

Locally elected representatives are members of councils elected by universal suffrage to freely administer local authorities under the conditions laid down by law. They exercise their mandate in compl…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions relating to the regional sports conference

Article R112-39

The regional sports project is drawn up by the regional sports conference for a period it decides, which may not exceed five years. It includes: 1° An assessment of existing sports provision in the re…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Undeclared imports and exports.

Article 426

The following are deemed to be undeclared imports or exports of prohibited goods:1° any infringement of the provisions of article 38-3 above as well as the fact of having obtained or attempted to obta…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Assignment and pledging of trade receivables

Article L313-29-1

When all or part of the remuneration due under a partnership contract or a contract referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 6148-5 of the Public Health Code in respect of investment costs, wh…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Applicable regulations.

Article L1262-4-1

I.-A client or project owner who enters into a contract with a service provider who posts employees, under the conditions mentioned in articles L. 1262-1 and L. 1262-2, shall check with the latter, be…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution.

Article L310-25

…aw no. 85-98 of 25 January 1985 may only be opened in respect of a company mentioned in article L. 310-1 at the request of the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution; the court may also init…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Transitional and common provisions

Article L133-17

The classification of resorts that took place prior to the date of entry into force of this section, set by VII of Article 7 of Law no. 2006-437 of 14 April 2006 containing various provisions relating…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Chapter 1: Tourist residences

Article L321-5

The operator of a tourist residence located in a mountain area within the meaning ofarticle 3 of law no. 85-30 of 9 January 1985 relating to the development and protection of mountain areas, may trans…

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