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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Criminal provisions

Article L4252-3

…usurpation of title provided for inarticle 433-17 of the French Penal Code. Legal entities declared to be criminally liable, under the conditions set out inarticle 121-2 of the French Penal Code, for…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Implementation

Article R2373-3

Disputes relating to the appointment of employee representatives and the election of works council members of the company resulting from the cross-border operation whose registered office is located i…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Companies required to register

Article L123-37

The following shall be entered in the national register of companies, or filed to be appended thereto: 1° For the persons mentioned in 1° of Article L. 123-36, all the information, deeds and documents…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection II: Forgery as a principal claim.

Article 300

If a private document is alleged to be false as a principal claim, the summons shall state the grounds of falsity and summon the defendant to declare whether or not he intends to make use of the docum…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection II: Forgery as a principal claim.

Article 301

If the defendant declares that he does not wish to use the writing alleged to be forged, the judge shall acknowledge this fact to the plaintiff.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection II: Forgery as a principal claim.

Article 302

If the defendant does not appear or declares that he wishes to use the disputed writing, the procedure shall be as set out in Articles 287 to 295.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 1: Operating rights

Article R333-3-3

…etitions organised by a professional league is carried out by a commercial company created pursuant to the third paragraph of Article L. 333-1, each year this company draws up a report on compliance w…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Interprofessional redistribution

Article R444-33

Before any aid is granted: 1° The company referred to in Article R. 444-36 informs the applicant that the aid is subject to the provisions of Regulation (EU) No 360/2012 of 25 April 2012 on the applic…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Implementation.

Article R2363-3

Disputes relating to the appointment of the employees' representatives and the election of the members of the committee of the European Cooperative Society having its registered office in France, as w…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Provisions specific to the overseas collectivities governed by Article 74 of the Constitution and New Caledonia

Article 33

…s and Futuna Islands, French Polynesia and New Caledonia are pronounced in local currency, taking into account the equivalent in that currency of the euro.

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