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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the enforcement, in the territory of other Member States of the European Union, of sentences handed down by French courts

Article D521-1-1

When the sentenced person is notified of one of the decisions of the representative of the public prosecutor's office mentioned in 1°, 2° and 3° of article 728-22-1, the latter is informed that the ap…

AI translation · Updated 5 Nov 2023Open Article
French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 8: Special provisions for non-trading property investment companies.

Article R214-155-1

The rights in rem referred to in 1° of I of article L. 214-36 are : 1° Ownership, bare ownership and usufruct ; 2° emphyteusis ; 3° easements; 4° The rights of the lessee under a construction lease or…

AI translation · Updated 6 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter XI: Collection of human faeces for therapeutic use

Article L513-11-1

All stool collection activities intended for the preparation of faecal microbiota used for therapeutic purposes are carried out by establishments or organisations which are authorised by the Agence na…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Administrative authorisation for insurance and reinsurance undertakings with head offices in France

Article L321-1-1

I.-The undertakings referred to in 1° of III of Article L. 310-1-1 may not commence their operations until they have obtained an administrative authorisation issued by the Autorité de contrôle prudent…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Operations of strategic interest to the French economy abroad

Article R442-11-1

The guarantee provided for in a of 1° of article L. 432-2 may be granted to the beneficiaries mentioned in article L. 432-1 carrying out a transaction of strategic interest for the French economy abro…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Brokers in general

Article L131-11

The fact that a broker is entrusted with a brokerage transaction for a matter in which he had a personal interest, without informing the parties to whom he will have acted as intermediary, is punishab…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application.

Article L145-1

I. - The provisions of this chapter apply to leases of buildings or premises in which a business is operated, whether or not the business belongs either to a trader or industrialist registered in the…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Brokers in general

Article L131-1

There are freight brokers, ship interpreters and ship drivers, land and water transport brokers.

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application

Article L219-1

Articles L. 219-2 to L. 219-4 apply to any service qualified as a provider of an online content sharing service within the meaning of article L. 137-1. The provisions set out in III of Article L. 219-…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope of application

Article L137-1

For the purposes of Articles L. 137-2 to L. 137-4, a person who provides an online public communication service whose main purpose, or one of whose main purposes, is to store and give the public acces…

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