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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Duration of protection

Article L123-3

For pseudonymous, anonymous or collective works, the term of the exclusive right is seventy years from 1 January of the calendar year following that in which the work was published. The date of public…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Chapter II: Prerogatives and means of intervention

Article L412-3

The Chairman of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée may, under conditions determined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, call upon auditors, chartered accountants or other persons or bodie…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Single chapter.

Article L641-3

Except in the case of a duly substantiated threat to public order, foreign nationals residing outside France who have been relieved of their French disqualification sentences or whose French disqualif…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Legal structures

Article L6223-3

The company operating a private medical biology laboratory is registered : 1° On the roll of the Order of Physicians in accordance with the terms and conditions laid down in Chapter II of Title I of B…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 6: Administrative police measures

Article L612-32

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may require any person subject to its supervision to submit for its approval, within twelve months for Class 2 and Class 3 investment firms, a reco…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: DECISION TO REFUSE ENTRY AT THE FRONTIER

Article L332-3

The procedure provided for in article L. 332-2 is applicable to the decision to refuse entry taken against the foreign national pursuant to Article 6 of Regulation 2016/399 of the European Parliament…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 4: Funeral equipment

Article L2223-39

Public or private health establishments that meet the conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat must have a mortuary in which the bodies of people who have died there must be deposited. How…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Certification and publication of the accounts of trade unions and professional organisations

Article L2135-3

The professional trade unions of employees or employers, their unions and the associations of employees or employers mentioned in Article L. 2135-1 may, where their articles of association so provide,…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Nomination, election and status of members.

Article L2352-3

Seats on the special negotiating body are allocated between the Member States in proportion to the number of employees in each of these States in relation to the workforce of the participating compani…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Content and adoption of the measures imposed

Article L733-3

The total duration of the measures mentioned in article L. 733-1 may not exceed seven years. Measures may, however, exceed this period when they concern the repayment of loans taken out for the purcha…

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