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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Duration of protection

Article L123-6

…whom there is no final judgment of legal separation, benefits, regardless of the matrimonial regime and independently of the rights he/she derives from the articles 756 to 757-3 and 764 to 766 of the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L131-6

…the work in a form not foreseeable or not provided for at the date of the contract must be express and stipulate a correlative share in the profits of exploitation.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L211-6

…copies of this fixation may no longer be prohibited in the Member States of the European Community and the States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: General principles

Article L1611-6

As part of their social actions, which notably concern food, hygiene, clothing and transport, and the educational, cultural, sports or leisure activities they carry out, local authorities, public esta…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 7: Special customs investigation procedures

Article 67 bis

I.-Without prejudice to the application of the provisions of articles 60 to 60-10, 61, 62, 63, 63 bis, 63 ter and 64, in order to establish customs offences, if the penalty incurred is equal to or gre…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Advertising

Article L315-6

…ng: 1° The mention that a loan may be granted without information enabling the borrower's financial and asset situation to be assessed; 2° The indication of the additional resource offered by the loan…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VII: Compensation for a conviction

Article 626-1

Without prejudice to the single chapter of Title IV of Book I of the

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French Sports CodeIn force
Single section Sports agents

Article A222-6

…the difference between the gross remuneration provided for by the rider to the employment contract and the gross remuneration that should have been paid pursuant to the contract as it stood prior to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Saint-Barthélemy

Article L3251-6

…nt notifies the representative of the State in Saint-Barthélemy, the family of the person concerned and, where applicable, the person making the request. II - When the representative of the State in t…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Common provisions.

Article L3355-6

…e previous paragraph or in the event of closure of an establishment as provided for in article L. 3355-4, the period during which the convicted persons must continue to pay their staff the salaries, a…

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