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French Code of civil enforcement proceduresIn force
Chapter II: Provisions specific to certain properties

Article R162-6

The application to make unseizable sums available is made before the seizing creditor has requested payment of the seized sums.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 1: Provisions common to sub-contracts

Article L2393-6

The purchaser may ask the candidate, tenderer or contract holder to indicate the identity of the subcontractors it intends to use and the nature and scope of the services to be entrusted to them. It m…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Chapter VIII: Transferable securities issued by joint stock companies.

Article L228-6

Notwithstanding any provisions of the Articles of Association to the contrary, companies whose securities are not admitted to trading on a regulated market or to the operations of a central depository…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter II: Semiconductor products

Article L622-6

…tration until the end of the tenth calendar year thereafter. However, any registration concerning a topography which has not been exploited within a period of fifteen years from the date on which it w…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter II: DECISIONS THAT MAY ASSORT THE DECISION REQUIRING LEAVING FRENCH TERRITORY

Article L612-6

…ranted a period of voluntary departure, the administrative authority will impose a ban on returning to French territory as part of the decision imposing an obligation to leave French territory. Howeve…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to investment firms

Article L531-6

I. Changes in the ownership structure of an investment firm must be notified to the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution. The acquisition or extension of direct or indirect shareholdings i…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions applicable to medical reservists

Article L3133-6

…of law no. 83-634 of 13th July 1983 on the rights and obligations of civil servants are applicable to reservists during the periods of employment or training for which they have been called up. The r…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions relating to insurance undertakings.

Article R322-6

The charge brought forward pursuant to article R. 343-6 is deducted from the distributable profit referred to in article L. 232-11 of the French Commercial Code. It is also deducted from the profit de…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Provisions applicable to insurance undertakings.

Article R332-6

…d premiums set aside in respect of a contract by an undertaking carrying on the operations referred to in 2° or 3° of Article L. 310-1 may be represented, up to 25% of its amount, by the acquisition c…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 2: Conditions relating to aid intensity

Article 221-6

…ncial aid may be granted by the President of the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, up to a limit of 70% and at the reasoned request of the distribution company, for difficult or low-budg…

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