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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE I: Preliminary provisions.

Article L210-12

A company which has fewer than fifty permanent employees during the financial year and whose articles of association meet the conditions defined in 1° and 2° of article L. 210-10 may provide in its ar…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 6: Rent.

Article L145-39

In addition, and notwithstanding article L. 145-38, if the lease includes a sliding scale clause, a request for revision may be made whenever, as a result of this clause, the rent is increased or decr…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: The Board of Directors of the Executive Board.

Article L225-36-1

The company's Articles of Association determine the rules governing the convening and deliberations of the Board of Directors. When it has not met for more than two months, at least one third of the m…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions

Article L211-3-1

The beneficiaries of the rights opened up by Article L. 218-2 may not prohibit: 1° Acts of hyperlinking; 2° The use of isolated words or very short extracts from a press publication. This exception ma…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 1: Transparency and disclosure requirements

Article L326-5

The conditions under which members of collective management organisations may obtain, with due respect for the secrets protected by law, communication of documents or information, including of a nomin…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Single section: Sale of products without packaging

Article L120-1

Bulk sales are defined as sales to consumers of products presented without packaging, in quantities chosen by the consumer, in reusable or reusable containers. Bulk sales are offered on a self-service…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 5: Formation of the credit agreement

Article L312-25

For a period of seven days from acceptance of the contract by the borrower, no payment, in any form and on any basis whatsoever, may be made by the lender to the borrower or on the borrower's behalf,…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Traffic

Article L414-9

If the foreign national ceases to meet one of the conditions for the issue of a movement document for foreign minors, this document may be withdrawn. The decision to withdraw the document may only be…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter III: COMMON PROVISIONS

Article L513-4

The fear of persecution taken into account in the recognition of refugee status and the real risk of suffering serious harm that may give rise to the benefit of subsidiary protection may be assessed o…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Consequences specific to divorces other than by mutual consent.

Article 266

Without prejudice to the application of article 270, damages may be awarded to a spouse to compensate for the particularly serious consequences he or she suffers as a result of the dissolution of the…

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