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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXIX: Special seizures

Article R53-50

The deposit referred to in Article 706-155 shall be made upon production of the order authorising or ordering the seizure of the sums and any document likely to substantiate the rights and identity of…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article 807

Investigative measures ordered by the court are carried out under the supervision of the pre-trial judge, subject to the provisions of the third paragraph of Article 155. On completion of an investiga…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Sub-paragraph 2: Publication in the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales.

Article R123-161

The notices provided for in articles R. 123-155 et seq. are drawn up and sent by the registrar to the Bulletin officiel des annonces civiles et commerciales within eight days of the corresponding regi…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Special provisions relating to the digital exploitation of unavailable books

Article L134-7

…nformation for rightholders, the conditions for issuing and withdrawing the authorisation of collective management bodies provided for in article L. 134-3, are specified by decree in the Council of St…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Special provisions relating to the digital exploitation of unavailable books

Article L134-1

For the purposes of this chapter, "unavailable book" means a book published in France before 1 January 2001 which is no longer distributed commercially by a publisher and which is not currently publis…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Special provisions relating to the digital exploitation of unavailable books

Article L134-4

…of authorisation referred to in the first paragraph of I of article L. 134-3 by an approved collective management organisation. This opposition is notified in writing to the organisation mentioned in…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Special provisions relating to the digital exploitation of unavailable books

Article L134-3

…reproduction and performance in digital form is exercised on behalf of the rightholders by a collective management organisation governed by Title II of Book III of this Part, approved for this purpose…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Special provisions relating to the digital exploitation of unavailable books

Article L134-2

A public database is created, made available free of charge via an online public communication service, which lists unavailable books. The Bibliothèque nationale de France shall ensure that the databa…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Special provisions relating to the digital exploitation of unavailable books

Article L134-9

…cle L. 321-1.The amount and use of these sums are the subject, each year, of a report by the collective management organisations to the minister responsible for culture.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Special provisions relating to the digital exploitation of unavailable books

Article L134-6

…holding the right to reproduce an unavailable book in printed form shall jointly notify the collective management organisation mentioned in Article L. The author of an unavailable book may decide at…

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