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Showing 11611170 of 4145 articles for Art. Convention franco-américaine 1994

French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions relating to the creation process

Article D331-4

…Union, a State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, a State party to the European Convention on Transfrontier Television or the European Convention on Cinematographic Co-production o…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Economic rights

Article L122-11

The agreements mentioned in article L. 122-10 may provide for flat-rate remuneration in the cases defined in 1° to 3° of Article L. 131-4.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter V: Criminal provisions

Article L335-9

If the perpetrator of one of the offences provided for and punished by this chapter is or has been bound by an agreement with the injured party, the penalties incurred shall be doubled..

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: The procedure applicable to divorce by judicial mutual consent

Article 250-1

When the conditions set out in article 232 are met, the judge shall homologate the agreement settling the consequences of the divorce and, by the same decision, pronounce the divorce.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Compensatory benefits.

Article 279-1

Where, pursuant to article 268, the spouses submit an agreement relating to compensatory allowance to the judge for approval, the provisions of articles 278 and 279 are applicable.

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

Article L122-14

The sports association and the company it has set up define their relationship in an agreement approved by their respective statutory bodies and lasting between ten and fifteen years.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Division of powers between professional leagues and federations

Article R132-15

The agreement specifies the conditions under which the federation's governing body may overturn decisions taken by the professional league's bodies that are contrary to the federation's articles of as…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Employment protection plan.

Article L1233-64

The maisons de l'emploi may participate, under conditions laid down by agreement with the companies concerned, in the implementation of measures relating to the job protection plan.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter V: Special provisions relating to co-insurance of certain group operations with insurance undertakings governed by the Social Security Code and the Mutual Code

Article L145-4

The first two paragraphs of Article L. 113-8 do not apply where membership of the contract is the result of an obligation laid down by a branch agreement or a professional or interprofessional agreeme…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Legal regime of joint ownership.

Article 815

No one may be compelled to remain in indivision and partition may always be brought about, unless it has been stayed by judgment or agreement.

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