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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: General information

Article L721-2

A geographical indication is the name of a geographical area or a specific place used to designate a product, other than an agricultural, forestry, food or seafood product, which originates there and…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 4: Exceptions for text and data mining

Article R122-27

…122-5-3 shall provide copyright holders, at the request of the latter, with all documents and evidence making it possible to establish that the digital copies and reproductions made during a text and…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 4: Exceptions for text and data mining

Article R122-28

…to the public online, this objection may in particular be expressed by means of machine-readable processes, including metadata, and by recourse to general terms of use of a website or service.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Responsibilities

Article L2122-21

…proposing the budget and authorising expenditure, charging it to the investment section in accordance with each of the express deliberations of the assembly for capital expenditure relating to movabl…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Responsibilities

Article L2122-22

…f the municipal council, be entrusted, in whole or in part, and for the duration of his term of office:1° To determine and modify the allocation of communal properties used by municipal public service…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Responsibilities

Article L2122-23

Decisions taken by the mayor pursuant to article L. 2122-22 are subject to the same rules as those applicable to deliberations by municipal councils on the same subjects. Unless otherwise stipulated i…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Responsibilities

Article L2122-26

In the event that the mayor's interests conflict with those of the commune, the town council shall appoint another of its members to represent the commune, either in court or in contracts.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 3: Responsibilities

Article L2122-25

…by the provisions of this code and the texts governing these bodies. The fixing of the term of office assigned to these members by the aforementioned provisions does not prevent them from being repla…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special provisions relating to money market instruments

Article 1343-2

Interest due for at least one full year shall accrue interest if the contract so provides or if a court decision so specifies.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Representation at national and multi-industry level

Article L2152-2

…aritime fishing code, or to the social and solidarity economy, or to the live and recorded performance sector, and not falling within the field covered by the representative professional employers' or…

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