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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 1: Jurisdiction.

Article R711-33

…their constituency belongs. II.-The support and back-up functions provided for in 6° of Article L. 711-8 include at least: 1° Management of the staff it employs, including in particular payroll and t…

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

Article L621-13-5

…ey are not approved as providers of participative finance services in accordance with Articles L. 547-1 and L. 547-6; 3° Operators offering the public to subscribe to life annuities or to acquire righ…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Sub-paragraph 3: Société de libre partenariat (unincorporated partnership)

Article L214-162-1

I. - Articles L. 221-3, L. 221-7 and L. 221-12, the second paragraph of Article L. 221-16 and Articles L. 222-4, L. 222-5, L. 222-7 to L. 222-9, L. 222-12, L. 231-1 to L. 231-8, L. 232-21 and L. 233-1…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Rules of good conduct

Article L341-12

…ontract; 6° The existence or absence of the right of withdrawal, as provided for in articles L. 222-7 to L. 222-12 of the Consumer Code or in article L. 341-16 of this Code, as the case may be, and ho…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Recommendations sent to subscribers

Article L331-21

…ncurred in the event of infringement of copyright and related rights and pursuant to Article L. 335-7-1.In addition, the persons referred to in the first paragraph of this article shall inform their n…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Closure of debates and reading of questions

Article 349-1

…ph), 122-2, 122-3, 122-4 (first and second paragraphs), 122-5 (first and second paragraphs) and 122-7 of the Criminal Code, each fact specified in the operative part of the committal decision is the s…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter V: Reclassification of the contract.

Article L1245-1

…entered into in disregard of the provisions of Articles L. 1242-1 to L. 1242-4, L. 1242-6, L. 1242-7, L. 1242-8-1, L. 1242-12, first paragraph, L. 1243-11, first paragraph, L. 1243-13-1, L. 1244-3-1…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L171-2

The parties to the contract may not depart from the provisions of articles L. 171-3, L. 172-2, L. 172-3, L. 172-6, L. 172-8, L. 172-9, L. 172-13 (second paragraph), L. 172-17, L. 172-20, L. 172-22, L.…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to groups with a parent undertaking whose registered office is outside the European Union

Article L356-11

…6-4 and L. 356-5 for groups whose ultimate parent is located in the European Union. Articles L. 356-7-1 to L. 356-10-1 and I of Article L. 356-21 apply to cooperation with the supervisory authorities…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 1: Determining the scope of application of agreements.

Article L2222-1

…ms of economic activities.With regard to the agricultural professions mentioned in 1° to 3°, 6° and 7° of Article L. 722-20 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code, the scope of application of the agre…

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