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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Breaches of legislation on financial dealings with foreign countries

Article L734-8

…e L. 165-1 is applicable in the Wallis and Futuna Islands in the version resulting from Law No 2011-1978 of 28 December 2011.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article D2661-2

…m decree no. 2019-748 of 18 July 2019D. 2192-35 D. 2196-5 and D. 2196-6 Resulting from decree no. 2022-767 of 2 May 2022D. 2197-13 to D. 2197-15 D. 2197-17 to D. 2197-22 In Book IIIIn Title VIID. 2371…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Paragraph 1: Capital increases

Article L22-10-55

The reports and formalities referred to in articles L. 22-10-52, L. 22-10-53 and in the second paragraph of article L. 22-10-54 may give rise to an injunction in accordance with the procedures defined…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Common provisions.

Article L243-7

…surance provided for in this Title. Victims of loss or damage covered by law no. 78-12 of 4 January 1978 may take direct action against the insurer of the person responsible for such loss or damage if…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Section 2: Flat-rate contribution from employers who have employed an illegal foreign national

Article L822-4

…responsible for establishing and setting the amount of the contribution provided for in article L. 822-2.To this end, it may have access to automated processing of foreign nationals' residence permits…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 4: Information system concerning jobseekers and employees

Article R5312-45

…rights of access and rectification provided for in articles 39 and 40 of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978, as amended, relating to information technology, files and civil liberties may be exercised by…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Professional non-trading companies

Article R422-28

The provisions of articles 49, 50 and 52 du décret n° 78-704 du 3 juillet 1978 sont applicables aux cessions et transmissions de parts sociales et à leur publicité.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Sociétés coopératives ouvrières de production, agricultural cooperatives.

Article R3323-10

…uses distributed among employees in application of article 33° of the aforementioned law of 19 July 1978 may be allocated in whole or in part to the constitution of the special profit-sharing reserve.…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 5: Rights of data subjects

Article R142-48

…cle 15 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 and by Article 49 of Law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 is exercised at the town hall of the place of accommodation or, in Paris, Lyon and Marseille, a…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Opposition to cold calling

Article L223-6

…ovisions of this chapter apply without prejudice to articles 49 to 56 of law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to data processing, files and freedoms.

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