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Showing 8190 of 57002 articles for Art. L. 331-2 + Art. L. 343-2

French Sports CodeIn force
Section 2: Prior authorisation and declaration

Article L331-7

Any licence holder who takes part in an event without the authorisation of the federation of which he is a member is liable to disciplinary action as provided for in the rules of that federation.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Powers and organisation for the protection of copyright and related rights

Article L331-15

…ragraph 1 of sub-section 3 of this section and the authorised and sworn agents mentioned in article L. 331-14 may record acts likely to constitute infringements provided for in articles L. 335-2, L. 3…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Powers and organisation for the protection of copyright and related rights

Article L331-16

…ary 1995 on security policy and programming, decisions to authorise the agents mentioned in article L. 331-14 of the present code are preceded by administrative investigations designed to verify that…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Recommendations sent to subscribers

Article L331-19

…le et numérique acts on referral from sworn agents approved under the conditions defined in Article L. 331-2 who are appointed by:- regularly constituted professional defence organisations;- collectiv…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Technical protection and information measures

Article L331-10

…ations that may be placed on the benefit of the private copy exception mentioned in 2° of l'article L. 122-5 and 2° of Article L. 211-3 by the implementation of a technical protection measure must be…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Technical protection and information measures

Article L331-11

Information in electronic form concerning the rights regime relating to a work, other than software, an interpretation, a phonogram, a videogram, a programme or a press publication, is protected under…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Technical protection and information measures

Article L331-5

…e access to information essential to interoperability under the conditions defined in 1° of Article L. 331-28 and in Article L. 331-29.The provisions of this chapter do not call into question the lega…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Technical protection and information measures

Article L331-8

Right holders are not, however, obliged to take the measures set out in Article L. 331-7 where the work or other subject-matter protected by a neighbouring right is made available to the public under…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Technical protection and information measures

Article L331-9

…ion, including on a medium and in a digital format, under the conditions mentioned in 2° of Article L. 122-5 and 2° of article L. 211-3.The Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Powers and organisation for the protection of copyright and related rights

Article L331-12

…are attached a copyright, a related right or an audiovisual exploitation right mentioned in Article L. 333-10 of the Sports Code, with regard to infringements of these rights committed on electronic c…

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