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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
TITLE V: COMMUNITY ADMINISTRATION AND SERVICES

Article LO6351-17-1

Representatives of the Territorial Council of Saint-Martin participate in the work of the consultative body for regional cooperation policies in the Antilles-Guyane zone provided for in I of Article L…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Contracts between a performer and a phonogram producer

Article L212-13

The contract concluded between the performer and the phonogram producer sets a guaranteed minimum remuneration in return for authorising the fixation, remunerated in the form of a salary, of the perfo…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Contracts between a performer and a phonogram producer

Article L212-10

…tract with a phonogram producer does not entail derogation from the enjoyment of the rights granted to the performer by Articles L. 212-2 and L. 212-3, subject to the exceptions set out in this code.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Contracts between a performer and a phonogram producer

Article L212-12

In the event of notorious abuse in the non-use by a phonogram producer of the exploitation rights that have been assigned to him, the competent civil court may order any appropriate measure..

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Contracts between a performer and a phonogram producer

Article L212-11

The transfer of the performer's rights mentioned in this code is subject to the condition that each of the rights transferred is the subject of a separate mention in the contract concluded with the ph…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Contracts between a performer and a phonogram producer

Article L212-14

…ch a way that anyone can access it on their own initiative, in the context of streaming, is subject to a minimum remuneration guarantee.II.The terms and conditions of the minimum remuneration guarante…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Contracts between a performer and a phonogram producer

Article L212-15

…neration which is a function of the receipts from exploitation, the phonogram producer shall report to the performer every six months on the calculation of his remuneration, in an explicit and transpa…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Single chapter

Article L311-1

…nograms or videograms, as well as the producers of such phonograms or videograms, shall be entitled to remuneration in respect of the reproduction of the said works, made from a lawful source under th…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER V: Local electronic communications networks and services

Article L1425-1

…a network, local authorities and their groupings, where competence has previously been transferred to them, may, two months after publication of their project in a medium authorised to receive legal…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Lost, destroyed or stolen life insurance policies or capitalisation or savings bonds.

Article L160-1

Anyone claiming to have lost, destroyed or stolen a life insurance contract or policy, or a capitalisation or savings certificate or contract, where the security is to order or bearer, must notify the…

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