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Showing 22112220 of 53863 articles for Art. Rép. Cherki: AN 24-1-2017 n° 94515

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Management of income from the exploitation of rights

Article L324-16

Actions for payment of royalties collected by collective management organisations are time-barred after five years from the date on which they were collected, this period being suspended during the pa…

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

Article L326-12

The collective management organisation shall communicate to the Minister responsible for culture, at the latter's request, any document relating to the collection and distribution of income from the e…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Management of income from the exploitation of rights

Article L324-10

Collective management organisations are not authorised to use the income mentioned in 1° of article L. 324-9 for any purpose other than its distribution to right holders. However, they may deduct cert…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Management of income from the exploitation of rights

Article L324-11

Collective management organisations invest income from the exploitation of rights and income resulting from the investment of such income in accordance with the general investment and risk management…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Management, administrative and executive bodies

Article L323-12

The articles of association or general regulations of the organisations shall provide for procedures ensuring the prevention and handling of conflicts of interest which may arise in the performance of…

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

Article L326-11

The Minister responsible for culture may, at any time, refer the matter to the commission de contrôle des organismes de gestion des droits d'auteur et des droits voisins when its observations aimed at…

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

Article L326-13

…esponsible for culture may refer the matter to the competent court in the event that there are real and serious grounds for dissolving a collective management organisation.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Management of income from the exploitation of rights

Article L324-14

Collective management organisations take the necessary measures to identify and locate rightholders. In particular, no later than three months after the expiry of the deadline set in I of Article L. 3…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Retired foreign nationals

Article L426-10

…he holder of a residence permit bearing the wording "retired", as provided for in article L. 426-8, and who can prove that he or she wishes to settle in France and reside there on a principal basis, w…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 9: Dismissal of an employee who is a member of a joint committee for health, safety and working conditions in agriculture.

Article L2411-15

An employee who is a member of a joint health, safety and working conditions committee in agriculture may only be dismissed with the authorisation of the Labour Inspector. This authorisation is also r…

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