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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Termination of the rights management authorisation

Article L322-5

A rights holder may terminate at any time, in whole or in part, within the limits set by the organisation and mentioned in the second paragraph of Article L. 322-3, the authorisation he has given to t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Distribution and transfer of shares in central insurance companies.

Article L322-24

Shares in central insurance companies are registered. Shares sold for valuable consideration or free of charge in accordance with Article L. 322-22 may be traded on the financial market after the expi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter II: Investor guarantees

Article L322-9

1. A decree issued by the Minister for the Economy, with the approval of the Autorité des marchés financiers, shall set the compensation ceiling, the compensation terms and deadlines and the rules gov…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Public auction sales.

Article L322-7

In places where there are no sworn merchandise brokers, judicial auctioneers, notaries and bailiffs shall conduct the sales provided for in Article L. 322-4, in accordance with the legal and regulator…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article R322-120-1

In the event of the dismissal of a general manager or the collective dismissal of the members of the board of directors of an entity in the network as referred to in III and IV of Article L. 322-27-2,…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Public auction sales.

Article R322-14

The court decision authorising or ordering the sale under articles L. 322-14 and L. 322-15 is included in the minutes of the sale.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Landing zones

Article A322-156

For jumps defined in 1° and 2° of articles A. 322-150 and A. 322-151, the landing zone is clear and at least one hundred metres in diameter. In addition, its surroundings allow safe landings outside t…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions.

Article R322-119-1

The bodies referred to in article L. 771-1 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code are exempt from the formalities provided for in articles R. 322-51 and R. 322-52. Their incorporation takes effect as…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Conditions and effects of the rights management authorisation

Article L322-4

Collective management organisations are obliged to accept the management of rights under the conditions provided for in Article L. 322-3 whenever such management falls within their field of activity.…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Public auction sales.

Article L322-6

The fact that sellers, sworn merchandise brokers or public officers include in sales made by judicial authority, on seizure, after death, judicial liquidation, cessation of business, or in other cases…

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