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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Agreement between professional organisations

Article L132-17-8

…exploitation rights for the digital edition of a book;2° Of the second paragraph of Article L. 132-11 when they apply to the publication of a book in digital form;3°From Article L. 132-17-2 relating…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Operations.

Article D514-9

…the borrower must immediately inform the municipal credit union in accordance with article D. 514-11 and lodge a stop payment, as well as, where applicable, the costs associated with the stop paymen…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Management of the Employment Platforms Social Relations Authority

Article R7345-10

…ot referred to in article L. 7343-5 under the conditions laid down by articles L. 7343-5 to L. 7343-11; 8° It communicates, in application of article L. 7343-12 , the names of the representatives appo…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions.

Article L1235-4

In the cases provided for in Articles L. 1132-4, L. 1134-4, L. 1144-3, L. 1152-3, L. 1153-4, L. 1235-3 and L. 1235-11, the court shall order the offending employer to reimburse to the organisations co…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: National health data system

Article L1461-2

…he bodies managing the compulsory basic health insurance schemes, in application ofarticle L. 162-1-11 of the Social Security Code, are re-used under the conditions mentioned in articles…

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L411-9

…hich do not have a works council and which are not covered by a joint body mentioned in article L. 411-20, and as far as the individual employer is concerned, the benefit resulting from the employer's…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Position limits

Article L420-12

…rchés financiers shall not impose more restrictive limits than those provided for in Article L. 420-11, unless, exceptionally, such limits are objectively justified and proportionate having regard to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L512-69

…15-4 to L. 515-12 and belonging to the banques populaires network in accordance with Article L. 512-11. Crédit Maritime Mutuel has a central society which is a social economy union. It represents Créd…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Allocation of sums held in the automatic foreign promotion account

Article 721-22

…transport of broadcast and projection media;10° Hire of offices or stands at markets and festivals;11° Special promotional operations, including those intended to accompany the foreign release in coo…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 1: Automatic processing of personal data known as "VISABIO

Article R142-4

…of prefectures, including in the context of the assessment procedure provided for in article R. 221-11 of the Social Action and Family Code, and those responsible for the application of regulations re…

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