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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Receipt and investigation by the public prosecutor of the application for recognition and enforcement.

Article 728-40

When it intends to oppose one of the grounds for refusal provided for in 1° to 4°, 7°, 10° and 11° of Article 728-32 or in 1° of Article 728-33, the public prosecutor shall inform the competent author…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Management standards applicable to investment services providers and prudential provisions applicable to investment firms

Article L533-4

Where the parent undertaking of an investment service provider other than a portfolio management company is a credit institution, an investment firm, a financial holding company, a mixed financial hol…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 2: Comité régional de l'emploi, de la formation et de l'orientation professionnelles (Regional Committee for Employment, Vocational Training and Guidance)

Article L6123-4

The President of the Regional Council and the representative of the State in the region or, in Corsica, the President of the Executive Council and the representative of the State in the local authorit…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 2: Other securities giving or that may give access to the capital or voting rights.

Article R212-4

The rules governing securities giving access to the capital are set out in Articles R. 228-87 to 95 of the French Commercial Code.

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Section 7: Prudential provisions

Article L511-48

I. - The subsidiaries dedicated to carrying out the activities referred to in I of Article L. 511-47 are authorised by the Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution as investment firms or, wher…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Subsection 1: Irregular or inappropriate tenders

Article L3124-4

A bid is unsuitable if it is clearly unable, without substantial modification, to meet the needs and requirements of the concession-granting authority as specified in the consultation documents.

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Civil penalties

Article L341-4

Subject to the provisions of the second paragraph, a creditor who grants credit without providing the borrower with an agreement satisfying the conditions laid down in Articles L. 312-18, L. 312-21, L…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 17: Closure of the proceedings.

Article R631-43

When the administrator's and the mandataire judiciaire's end-of-assignment reports have been approved by the juge-commissaire, the proceedings are the subject of a closure order issued by the presiden…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Employee inventions

Article R611-4

If, contrary to the classification of the invention resulting from the employee's declaration, the employer's right of attribution is subsequently recognised, the employee, where applicable, shall imm…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Opposition

Article R613-44

The opposition referred to in Article L. 613-23 shall be filed within a period of nine months following publication in the Bulletin officiel de la propriété industrielle of the mention of the grant of…

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