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Showing 981990 of 40666 articles for Art. s. L 237-16 · L 237-17 · L 237-26

French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L322-26-1-1

Each member is entitled to one vote, without the Articles of Association being able to derogate from this rule.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 2: European patents with unitary effect

Article L614-16-1

Unitary effect may be conferred on a European patent under the conditions laid down in the first paragraph of Article 3 of Regulation (EU) No 1257/2012 of 17 December 2012. The European patent with un…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Special provisions for publishing a book in digital form

Article L132-17-6

The publishing contract guarantees the author fair and equitable remuneration on all revenue from the marketing and distribution of a book published in digital form. In the case of single sales, the a…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the publication of a book in printed and digital form

Article L132-17-2

I.-The publisher is obliged to ensure the permanent and ongoing exploitation of the book published in printed or digital form. II.-The transfer of exploitation rights in printed form is automatically…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions specific to securitisation undertakings

Article L214-175-2

…ch in France. This appointment is evidenced by a written contract. This contract contains in particular the information necessary to enable the depositary to fulfil its duties. The custodian is a cred…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Relations between sports associations and companies

Article L122-16-1

The affiliation of an association to a federation gives rise to the issue of an affiliation number by the federation, of which the association is the sole holder. As part of the agreement provided for…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Operating rules

Article L214-17-2

I. - The sums distributable by a UCITS are made up of :1° Net income plus retained earnings plus or minus the balance of the income equalisation account;2° Realised capital gains, net of costs, less r…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Household and other waste

Article L2224-17-1

The public waste prevention and management service is subject to cost accounting.The mayor or the president of the public establishment for inter-communal cooperation presents, respectively, to the mu…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Company mutual funds

Article L214-165-1

I.-1° Company mutual funds which are not subject to the provisions of Book III of Part III of the Labour Code and more than one third of whose assets are made up of securities issued by a foreign comp…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Relationship between the respective payment service providers and the payment service user

Article L133-17-1

An account-holding payment service provider may refuse a payment service provider providing an account information or payment initiation service access to a payment account for objectively justified a…

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