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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Audiovisual production contract

Article L132-28-1

The contract authorising the communication to the public of a work on an on-demand audiovisual media service within the meaning of Article 2 of Law no. 86-1067 of 30 September 1986 provides for the tr…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article L331-3

The Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée may lodge a complaint and bring a civil action before the examining magistrate in respect of acts constituting the offence of counterfeiting, within…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER II: THE NATIONAL STANDARDS ASSESSMENT BOARD

Article L1212-3

…ucted from the resources earmarked for the overall operating allocation provided for in the Finance Act for the year. The amount of this allocation is determined each year by the National Council, aft…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 206

…egularity of the proceedings submitted to it. If it discovers a ground for nullity, it declares the act in question null and void and, if appropriate, all or part of the subsequent proceedings. After…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Closure of debates and reading of questions

Article 349

Each main question is asked as follows: "Is the accused guilty of having committed such and such an act?" A question is asked about each fact specified in the operative part of the indictment decision…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special case of payment instruments with personalised security data

Article L133-20

…lting from the use of this payment instrument or the misuse of the data linked to it, unless he has acted fraudulently.

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter III: Penalty procedure

Article L423-2

…e Commission du Contrôle de la Réglementation are bound by professional secrecy with regard to any facts, acts or information that may have come to their knowledge by virtue of their functions or duti…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter I: Designations of origin

Article L431-7

…iations mentioned in the first two paragraphs of article L. 431-6 who claim to have been injured by acts prohibited by articles L. 431-2 and L. 431-4 may bring a civil action in accordance with the pr…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Sub-title III: Other sources of obligations

Article 1300

Quasi-contracts are purely voluntary acts from which result an obligation on the part of the person who benefits from them without being entitled to do so, and sometimes an obligation on the part of t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter IV: Final proceedings before the Police Court

Article 539

If the police court finds that the act constitutes a contravention, it shall impose the penalty, subject to the provisions of the articles 132-59 to 132-70 of the Penal Code and articles 747-3 and 747…

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