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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Financial securities.

Article D211-9-4

Without prejudice to Article R. 22-10-28 of the French Commercial Code, the right to attend General Meetings of undertakings for collective investment in the form of companies whose shares are admitte…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Powers and organisation for the protection of copyright and related rights

Article L331-14

…hese offences; > 2° Reproducing protected works or objects on online public communication services; 3° Extracting, acquiring or preserving by this means evidence on these services for the purposes of…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Participative financing intermediaries

Article R548-4

…age amount of loans, free loans and donations per lender and the default indicators defined in b of 3° of Article R. 548-5.

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 6: Financial and accounting provisions

Article D5217-36

…sary deeds, notifications and enforcement measures under the conditions set by l'article D. 5217-26;3° To notify the administrators of the expiry of leases;4° To prevent prescription;5° To ensure the…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Special provisions for the digital exploitation of unavailable books from the 20th century

Article R134-7

The objection provided for in the fifth paragraph of article L. 134-5 is lodged with the collective management organisation mentioned in article L. 134-3 which, within one month of the date on which t…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 1: Flight sessions

Article A322-166

…sent in the air stream, at the entrance to the air stream or nearby to allow immediate intervention;3° An instructor must be present in the air stream for all participants whose learning phase require…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 7: Unused medicinal products for human use.

Article R4211-24

…rting unused medicines and, where applicable, their packaging from pharmacies to their destination; 3° Destruction of unused medicines.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Section 3: Combating the illegal broadcasting of sporting events and competitions

Article L333-11

…10; 2° Reproduce sporting events or competitions broadcast on online public communication services; 3° Extract, acquire or retain by this means evidence on these services for the purposes of character…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Scope and definitions

Article L222-1

The provisions of this chapter apply to the services mentioned in Books I to III and Title V of Book V of the Monetary and Financial Code as well as to operations carried out by the undertakings gover…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Sections.

Article L1423-1-2

…trative, legal, commercial or financial training, exercise command by delegation from the employer; 3° Supervisors who have been delegated command in writing; 4° Travellers, sales representatives or s…

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