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Showing 19611970 of 4145 articles for Art. Convention franco-américaine 1994

French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions common to the publication of a book in printed and digital form

Article L132-17-1-1

Rights arising from the exploitation of several books by the same author governed by separate publishing contracts may not be offset against each other, unless an agreement to the contrary, separate f…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
CHAPTER I: PUBLIC SERVICE CONTRACTS

Article L1411-1

Territorial authorities, their groupings or their public establishments may entrust the management of a public service for which they are responsible to one or more economic operators by means of a pu…

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

Article L122-16-1

The affiliation of an association to a federation gives rise to the issue of an affiliation number by the federation, of which the association is the sole holder. As part of the agreement provided for…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 4: Housing concessions granted to civil servants

Article R114-49

Only those housing concessions granted on the basis of absolute necessity of service include free bare accommodation. Charges relating to the supply of fluids and other ancillary services are either b…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Accounting and financial system

Article D211-66

The expenditure of the National Mountain Sports School includes in particular: 1° The school's own staff, operating, equipment and maintenance, accommodation and investment costs; 2° Payments made to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Mobilisation of medium-term loans

Article L313-40

From the time the contracts or bills are made available to the rediscounting institution and for the duration of the rediscounting period, the credit institution holding the receivables referred to in…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter II: Fire insurance.

Article L122-1

The fire insurer is liable for all damage caused by conflagration, flashover or simple combustion. However, it is not liable, unless otherwise agreed, for damage caused solely by the action of heat or…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Life insurance with variable capital on real estate.

Article L160-17

For life insurance or capitalisation contracts, when the policyholder or subscriber exercises his surrender option less than two months after the substitution referred to in article L. 160-11, the ind…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 4: Operation

Article L2121-24

The provisions of the deliberations of the municipal council taken in matters of economic intervention pursuant to the provisions of Title I of Book V of Part One and the articles L. 2251-1 to L. 2251…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Negotiation procedures

Article L2241-7

In the absence of an agreement as provided for in Article L. 2241-5 or in the event of non-compliance with its stipulations, the organisations bound by a branch agreement or, failing that, by professi…

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