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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Conditions relating to the amount of remuneration paid to authors, performers and producers

Article 211-19

…including by publishers who are transferees of the audiovisual adaptation rights to a printed work;2° Sums received, directly or indirectly, by the natural persons mentioned in the first paragraph th…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Title III: Exploitation of rights

Article R133-2

…basis of statistical data provided by the municipalities and departments pursuant to articles R. 1422-5 and R. 1422-14 of the Code général des collectivités territoriales; 2° The number of users regi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 713-2

…the issuing State comprising the following particulars: 1° The identification of the issuing State; 2° The identification of the court in the issuing State that issued the order; 3° The identity of th…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L3121-2

…eatments on a list set by order of the Minister for Health, and support in seeking appropriate care;2° Prevention, screening, diagnosis and outpatient treatment of sexually transmitted infections;3° P…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Provisions applicable to hunting accidents.

Article R421-24

…of an accident resulting from hunting or the destruction of vermin, the provisions of articles R. 421-4 to R. 421-10 apply to the rights and obligations of the responsible party, the victim, the insu…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Safeguards.

Article L622-21

…bits any legal action on the part of all creditors whose claim is not mentioned in I of Article L. 622-17 and seeking: 1° To order the debtor to pay a sum of money; 2° To rescind a contract for failur…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: General information

Article R721-2

…n I: 1° Either, where the application is complete, that the complete application has been received; 2° Or, where the application is incomplete, that the incomplete application has been received. In th…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Title I: GENERAL CONTRACT CONDITIONS

Article R212-2

…d to be unfair within the meaning of the provisions of the first and fifth paragraphs of article L. 212-1, unless the trader can prove otherwise, terms which have the object or effect of : 1° Providin…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title V: OVERSEAS PROVISIONS

Article R152-2

…departmental council are replaced by the reference to the territorial council of Saint-Barthélemy; 2° The references to the mayor are replaced by the reference to the president of the territorial cou…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section III: Internal organisation of approved professional associations

Article R513-20

…cle L. 513-5 and in Article L. 513-6 on its members. This committee shall be independent and impartial. It shall have at least three members, as follows: 1° One third of its members shall be qualified…

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