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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Section 3: Rules of jurisdiction and procedure

Article L615-17

…and claims relating to patents for invention, including in the cases provided for in Article L. 611-7 or when they also concern a related question of unfair competition, shall be brought exclusively b…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Voluntary termination of pregnancy.

Article L2445-1

…apter I ;2° The first paragraph of articles L. 2212-2 and L. 2212-3, articles L. 2212-6 and L. 2212-7 and the first three paragraphs of article L. 2212-8, in the version resulting from law no. 2016-41…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Controls

Article L3515-1

…prerogatives granted to them by articles L. 1312-1 of this Code, L. 8113-1 to L. 8113-5 and L. 8113-7 of the Labour Code and by the texts adopted for their application. In order to establish an infrin…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R355-1

…solvency and financial situation, by the bodies mentioned in the first paragraph of Article R. 355-7; b) For the regular report to the supervisor, by the board of directors or the supervisory board;…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 2: Sole traders with limited liability

Article L526-14

…ith the register to which the individual private limited company belongs pursuant to article L. 526-7 to be appended thereto.In the event of non-compliance with the obligation mentioned in the first p…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 1: Provisions relating to the Wallis and Futuna Islands

Article L771-3

For the application of Article L. 771-2: 1° Shall not apply: a) The last paragraph of Article L. 711-3 ; b) The 3rd and last paragraphs of article L. 711-4 ; c) The second paragraph of Article L. 732-…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Section 2: Revenue from the investment section

Article L3332-3

…on Fund;6° State subsidies and contributions from communes and third parties to capital expenditure;7° Gifts and bequests in kind and gifts and bequests in cash allocated to the purchase of a financia…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title II: Provisions applicable to the Wallis and Futuna Islands.

Article 1576

…nstance";5° "département" by: "the Wallis and Futuna Islands";6°"préfet" by: "State representative";7°"huissier de justice" by: "administrative or military authority";8°"local newspaper" by: "Journal…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Injunctions, emergency measures and other measures

Article L621-13-8

…marchés financiers may order the suspension or dismissal of a person referred to in Article L. 421-7, if that person no longer fulfils the conditions laid down in that Article for the exercise of the…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Verification of the conditions governing admission to the profession

Article R513-5

…h of them meets the conditions set out in I, II, IV and V of article L. 322-2 and in article R. 512-7. It shall make available to the association bulletin no. 3 of the extract from the criminal record…

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