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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Chapter III: Supplementary supervision of financial conglomerates

Article R633-4

…as regards capital adequacy, intra-group transactions, risk concentration and profitability;d) The main shareholders and managers;e) The risk management system and the internal control system;f) Proc…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 1: Enforcement of the vendor's lien and pledge of the business and purging of registered debts.

Article L143-4

…s, if necessary, a provisional administrator of the business, sets the upset prices, determines the main conditions of the sale, and appoints the public officer who draws up the specifications to carr…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 2: Invalidity of a registration

Article L512-4

The registration of a design is declared invalid by a court decision: a) If it does not comply with the provisions of articles L. 511-1 to L. 511-8; b) If its owner could not benefit from the protecti…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to the conference of sports funding bodies

Article R112-46

…a term of five years, renewable once. Decisions taken in application of 1° and 2° of article R. 112-44 are adopted by an absolute majority of the members present. The chairman convenes the conference,…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Legal expenses insurance.

Article L127-4

The contract stipulates that in the event of disagreement between the insurer and the insured regarding the measures to be taken to settle a dispute, this difficulty may be submitted to the assessment…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Responsibilities.

Article L2343-4

…osure of undertakings or establishments or mass redundancies, the board referred to in Article L. 2343-7 or, if there is no such board, the European Works Council, shall be informed. The board or the…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Award procedure and conditions

Article 411-55

For each work in the programme, the production company has :1° A period of two years from the date of the first payment for the financing of its production to apply for or obtain a cinematographic rel…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Filing of applications for plant variety certificates.

Article R623-4

The application for a plant variety certificate must include in particular:- a description of the manner in which the variety was obtained or discovered;- a full description of the variety with mentio…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter III: Jurisdiction of the protection litigation judge

Article R713-4

…se of this option may not appear at the hearing, in accordance with the second paragraph of article 446-1 of the Code of Civil Procedure.

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter II: Introduction of profit-sharing.

Article L3312-4

…profit-sharing agreement or in respect of the profit-sharing supplement mentioned in article L. 3314-10 are excluded from the basis of assessment for the contributions defined in articles L. 131-6 an…

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