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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Restrictive competition practices

Article L442-4

…sdiction, a practice mentioned in the aforementioned articles. Any person demonstrating an interest may ask the court seised to order the cessation of the practices referred to in Articles L. 442-1, L…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Rules applicable to financial contracts, temporary acquisitions and sales of financial instruments and guarantees

Article R214-19

I. - A UCITS may not grant loans or act as guarantor on behalf of third parties. It may, however, acquire financial instruments referred to in article L. 214-20 which are not fully paid up. II. - A UC…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L131-5

…more than seven twelfths due to injury or insufficient forecasting of the proceeds of the work, he may request a revision of the price conditions of the contract. This request may only be made in cas…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Chapter II: Professional sport

Article L222-17

A sports agent may only act on behalf of one of the parties to the contracts mentioned in Article L. 222-7. The written contract pursuant to which the sports agent performs the activity of bringing to…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Availability of savings

Article L224-6

Individual rights in the process of being built up may be transferred to any other retirement savings plan. The transfer of rights does not entail any change in the conditions for their purchase or li…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Counterfeiting litigation

Article L716-4-7

Infringement may be proven by any means. To this end, any person having standing to bring an infringement action is entitled to have carried out in any place and by any bailiffs, where appropriate ass…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Departmental committee for psychiatric care.

Article L3223-2

…r more members of the committee referred to in this article, leading figures from other departments may be appointed.Only one of the two psychiatrists mentioned in 1° may practise in an establishment…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Special transfer rules

Article D132-9

…left the sponsoring company is not required to transfer his individual rights. III. - The contract may provide that members of a contract covered by b of 1 of I of Article 163 quatervicies of the Gen…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VII: Tontines.

Article R322-144

…s mentioned in Articles L. 352-1 and L. 352-5, the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution may require that the securities belonging to the associations formed by the said companies be deposi…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Specific measures applicable to establishments and products

Article L521-17

…us or immediate danger, the Minister responsible for consumer affairs and the minister(s) concerned may, by joint order, suspend for a period not exceeding one year the manufacture, import, export or…

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