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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Refusal to renew.

Article L145-17

…imate reason of the operation of the business, taking into account the provisions of article L. 145-8, the offence committed by the lessee may only be invoked if it has continued or been renewed for m…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Withdrawal of approval

Article L383-1

…39 of the Monetary and Financial Code, the administrative authorisation provided for in Article L. 382-1 of this Code may be withdrawn by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution in the ev…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Programming commitments subject to approval

Article R212-30

…accounted for at least 0.5% of admissions in mainland France. The threshold is reduced from 25% to 8% for establishments located in the departments of Paris, Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Section 4: Changes in share capital and employee share ownership.

Article L225-147

…this, by court decision. They shall be subject to the incompatibilities provided for in article L. 822-11-3, without prejudice to the possibility of being appointed to perform the duties provided for…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 3: Provisions common to consumer credit and home loans

Article L351-7

…applicables dans les îles Wallis et Futuna, sous réserve des adaptations prévues à l'article L. 351-8, the provisions of the articles mentioned in the left-hand column of the table below, in the wordi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 4: Membership scheme

Article L424-5

…and o of 2° of Article L. 531-2 are subject to the provisions of Articles L. 533-10-4 to L. 533-10-8. The operator of the multilateral trading facility shall clearly inform members of their respectiv…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 1: Infringements of market transparency

Article L465-3

…uties, including where it is part of a market sounding carried out in accordance with Articles 1 to 8 of Article 11 of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 A…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Donation and use of elements and products of the human body.

Article L1542-1

…following provisions:"Art. L. 1211-9 -The list of human body products mentioned in article L. 1211-8 is determined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat. "For the application of Article L. 1211-2 to New Ca…

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French Commercial codeIn force
TITLE II: Safeguards.

Article L623-3

…t of a company that benefits from the homologated amicable agreement provided for in Article L. 611-8 of this code or to article L. 351-6 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code, the administrator shal…

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Chapter I: CHECKS PRIOR TO ISSUANCE OR WITHDRAWAL OF RESIDENCE PERMITS

Article L811-5

…of information or documents obtained from the authorities or private individuals mentioned in 1° to 8° of article L. 811-4 of the content and origin of the information and documents thus obtained. It…

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