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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Agricultural risk compensation scheme

Article L442-1-2

…id provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 361-4 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code; 2° The members of the grouping are liable for its debts out of their own assets. In this respect, th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 5: Growth market for small and medium-sized enterprises

Article D424-4-2

The Autorité des marchés financiers shall inform the European Securities and Markets Authority without delay when it registers or terminates the registration of a multilateral trading facility as a gr…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Definitions, approval or authorisation of the system manager

Article R*424-2

…the rules of a multilateral trading facility pursuant to the second paragraph of Article L. 424-2; 2° Requests to amend the rules of a multilateral trading facility pursuant to the second paragraph o…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Economic rights

Article L122-2

…n, public presentation, public projection and transmission in a public place of the work televised; 2° By television broadcasting. Television broadcasting means the dissemination by any telecommunicat…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article L122-2

…holder, known as a "limited liability single-member sports company" (entreprise unipersonnelle sportive à responsabilité limitée); or2° Or a société anonyme with a sporting object;3° Or a professional…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Information to be provided to the public by groups.

Article L356-24

…g and parent undertakings referred to in the second and third paragraphs of Article L. 356-2 respectively shall put in place appropriate structures and systems at group level to meet the requirements…

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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Section 1: Seizure by declaration to the administrative authority

Article R223-2

…e name and address of the debtor or, in the case of a legal entity, its name and registered office; 2° The registration number and make of the vehicle seized; 3° A reference to the enforcement order r…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Title III: ASSIGNMENT OF RESIDENCE

Article L730-2

In accordance with article L. 264-1, the provisions of 6°, 7° and 8° and the last paragraph of article L. 731-1, article L. 731-2, 6°, 7° and 8° of article L. 731-3, articles L. 731-4, L. 731-5, L. 73…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 3: Agricultural credit

Article L512-20

…uel affiliated to the caisses régionales mentioned in 1. The local and regional mutuals are cooperative companies.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Submission of applications

Article R612-25

…s shall not be admissible where: 1° It is not made at the time of filing of the patent application; 2° The filing date of the earlier application or applications, the benefit of which is requested, is…

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