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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 2: The Management Board and the Supervisory Board.

Article L225-93

In the event of the opening of receivership or compulsory liquidation proceedings, pursuant to Titles III and IV of Book VI, the persons referred to in these provisions may be made liable for the comp…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter III: Copyright owners

Article L113-9

Unless otherwise provided for in the articles of association or stipulated otherwise, the economic rights in software and its documentation created by one or more employees in the performance of their…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: Moral rights

Article L121-9

Under all matrimonial regimes and on pain of nullity of any clauses to the contrary included in the marriage contract, the right to disclose the work, to fix the conditions of its exploitation and to…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Economic rights

Article L122-9

In the event of notorious abuse in the use or non-use of the exploitation rights on the part of the deceased author's representatives referred to in Article L. 121-2, the court may order any appropria…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L131-9

The contract mentions the producer's option to use the technical measures provided for in Article L. 331-5 as well as the information in electronic form provided for in article L. 331-11, specifying t…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article L132-9

The author must enable the publisher to manufacture and distribute copies of the work or to produce the work in digital form.The author must deliver to the publisher, within the period specified in th…

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section 2: Contracts concluded between a performer and a videogram producer

Article L212-9

Failing an agreement reached under the terms of articles L. 212-4 à L. 212-7 either before 4 January 1986, or on the expiry date of the previous agreement, the methods and bases of remuneration for pe…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Management of income from the exploitation of rights

Article L324-9

Collective management organisations draw up annual accounts comprising a balance sheet, an income statement and notes, in accordance with a regulation of the accounting standards authority and in such…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Collective decisions by members

Article L323-9

Members of the collective management organisation may give a mandate to another member to represent them at the general meeting and to vote on their behalf, provided that this appointment does not cre…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Conditions of practice of the profession of industrial property attorney

Article L422-9

A national company of industrial property attorneys is hereby established, a body with legal personality, placed at the National Institute of Industrial Property for the purpose of representing indust…

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