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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Duration of protection

Article L123-2

For collaborative works, the calendar year taken into consideration is that of the death of the last living of the collaborators. For audiovisual works, the calendar year taken into consideration is t…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Private agreements

Article 494

For the application of the last paragraph of Article 486, the mandatary keeps the inventory of assets and its updates, the last five management accounts, the supporting documents as well as those nece…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Minimum solvency margin requirement

Article R334-5

…icle R. 321-1 are increased by 50%. Premiums or contributions written in direct business during the last financial year, including incidentals, are aggregated. To this amount is added the total of pre…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

Article L954-3-1

The third and last paragraphs of I of article

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE IX: Special provisions for insolvency proceedings covered by Regulation (EU) No 2015/848 of 20 May 2015 on insolvency proceedings

Article R695-3

The persons mentioned in the last sentence of Article

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Qualified employees

Article D421-17

…mpany that meets one of the following criteria:1° The company is or has been a beneficiary over the last five years of public support for innovation appearing on a list set by order of the Minister re…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE V: Provisions applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

Article L954-10

The last sentence of the last paragraph of Article L. 462-1 is amended as follows:1° The words: "of the territorial collectivities" are replaced by the words: "of the Wallis and Futuna Islands"; 2° Th…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: Opening of estates, universal title and seisin

Article 720

Inheritances are opened by death, at the last domicile of the deceased.

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article 2229

It is acquired when the last day of the term is completed.

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIX: Procedure applicable to sexual offences and the protection of minors who are victims

Article D47-11-2

The destruction of recordings provided for in the last paragraph of Article

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
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